228 MAMMALS FKOM MT. KILIMA-NJARO TRUE 



Skull elongate. Muzzle slender. Premaxillne directed backward, 

 touching the nasals by their superior rather than their posterior mar- 

 gin. Nasals very long, much produced anteriorly. Frontal region 

 strongly convex. Suborbital pit nearly circular, as large as the orbit. 



Horns 4i inches (114.3™™) long ; slender, straight, not thickened at 

 the base in front. They are directed backward and lie below the plane 

 of the upper surface of the skull. 



Lower incisors separated by a wide space in the median line. Crowns 

 long, inclined outward. Outer incisor more than half as broad as the 

 middle incisor. 



Habitat. — High altitudes on Mt. Kilima-njaro, frequenting the high- 

 est points. — (Abbott.) 



Dimensions.* 



luchea. mm. 



Headandbody 38 965.2 



Tjiil, with hairs .* 4^ 114.3 



Fore-leg, hoof to knee - <)i loH. 7 



Hind leg, hoof to hock 1)4 241.3 



Height of ear from occiput 4^ 107,9 



Skull. 



mm. 



Greatest length 235.0 



Basilar length, from occipital condyle to end of intennaxillaj 216.0 



Length of nasals 'J5. 



Length of molar teeth — 67. 



Greatest breadth of skull 104.0 



Length of orbit 40.0 



Greatest length of mandible 184. 



Bread' h of left lower incisors and canine 13. 



Length of horns 114.3 



Circumference of horn at base 75. 



2. Dendrohyrax validus sp. nov. 



Size large, form robust, muzzle hairy as far as the upper angle of 

 the nostrils. The space between the nostrils, a narrow border external 

 to them, and a line from them to the margin of the lip, are naked. 

 The ears are of moderate size, rounded, and nearly concealed by the 

 fur in the dry skins. 



Fur dense, soft, and creniilate. 



Color of the upper surfaces cinnamon-brown, strongly shaded with 

 dusky-brown or black, especially on the head. Feet dusky-brown. 

 Under surfaces pale, clear cinnamon. Dorsal spot russet-brown. 



The majority of the hairs of the back are grayish chocolate-brown 

 at the base, with a subterminal ring of bright cinnamon color, and 

 tips dusky-brown or black. Mingled with these are numerous longer, 

 straight, shining hairs of a dusky brown or black color throughout. 



From dry skin, No. 1896rj, J", adult. 



