A Second Species of the Carnivorous Genus Nandinia. 205 
XXXII.—Description of a Second Species of the Carnivorous 
Genus Nandinia, from Southern Nyassaland. By OLDFIELD 
THOMAS. 
In connexion with the working out of the fine series of Nyassa 
Mammals now being sent to the National Museum by Mr. H. 
H. Johnston, occasion has arisen for the examination of a 
couple of specimens of Nandinia from the same region, col- 
lected on the river Shiré by Sir John Kirk when with the 
Livingstone Expedition of 1863. The two specimens are 
flat skins of adult and young, and a comparison of them with 
the West-African N. bénotata shows that they are, as might 
be expected from their locality, quite different specifically from 
that animal. 
The species may be briefly diagnosed as follows :— 
Nandinia Gerrardi, sp. n. 
Similar to VV. d¢notata in size and general colour, but the 
three prominent black lines on the dorsal aspect of the neck 
in that animal are entirely absent, the body is more sparsely 
and finely spotted, and the transverse black markings on the 
tail are narrower, closer together, and more sharply defined. 
The tail, also, of the type is considerably shorter than in 
N. binotata, but may be imperfect, so that no stress can be 
laid on this character. Back of ears concolorous with rest of 
head. Yellowish spots on withers present, but indistinct. 
Hab. Lower Shiré River, Nyassaland. Type B. M. 64. 1. 
Shale 
Sir John (or, as he then was, Dr.) Kirk has labelled the type 
specimen as follows :— 
“ Skin of ‘ Nthoro ’—an animal eating mice, poultry, &c., 
and living in the Lower Shiré Valley. June 1861.” 
It is with great pleasure that I have applied to this very 
distinct animal the name of my old friend Mr. Edward 
Gerrard, long the right-hand man of Dr. Gray, whose services 
in the Museum now extend over more than 50 years, and to 
whose kindness and intimate knowledge of the Museum Col- 
lection of Mammals every worker in that collection, and 
most of all I myself, have been so largely and constantly 
indebted. 
The discovery of second species to previously monotypic 
genera is always a matter of interest, while the extreme rarity 
of new species of Carnivora lends additional importance to 
the recognition of so striking a species as Nandinia Glerrardt. 
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