ART. 17 EAST AFRICA^Sr VERTEBRATES LOVERIDGE 11 



•LA VIA FRONS REX Miller 

 YELLOW WINGED BAT 

 One from Saranda, ^ 



•HIPPOSIDEROS RUBER (Noack) 

 RED NOSE-LEAF BAT 

 One from Saranda. 



•EPTESICUS Species 



One taken in a lighted room at Saranda. 



•PACHYURA LIXA AEQUATORIA Heller 



MUSK SHREW 

 One from Dodoma. 



ATELERIX HINDEI SOTIKAE (Heller) 

 SOTIK WEITE-BELLIED HEDGEHOG 



Native names. — Sejesi (Chigogo); Kalunguyeye (Kiswahili). 



Individually an excellent pet, socially a villain; these attractive 

 little animals are so fond of milk and minced meat that they will 

 feed immediately after capture, but either a craving for fresh blood 

 or some innate ferocity causes them to eat each other's feet. It 

 would seem necessary, therefore, to keep them separately or in pairs, 

 any crowding resulting in fatalities. 



While a few of our specimens were quite definitely caught near 

 Dodoma, the majority came from Kondoa Irangi, where they are 

 very abundant. Two very young ones received from that locality, 

 on August 26, 1926, only measured: Male, 80. 10. 16. 10 mm.; female, 

 85. 10. 15. 10 mm. 



PARAXERUS OCHRACEUS OCHRACEUS (Huet) 

 OLIVE SQUIRREL 



Native names. — Tanji (Chigogo); Panya ya miti (Kiswahili). 



Members of this genus, as noted elsewhere make delightful pets if 

 secured young. Most of the expedition's specimens were caught as 

 adults and all came from the vicinity of Dodoma, where they occur 

 in the dense scrub which clothes the larger kopjes. 



Their needs are simple, a branch, a gourd, some cobs of maize, a 

 small tin of milk, a piece of papaw or pumpkin, a chicken bone 

 with some cooked meat left upon it — on these they will thrive. One 

 performed a Catherine-wheel trick when anyone stood before its 

 cage. With great swiftness it would run along the branch up the 

 side of its box and along the roof, which was composed of rough 

 board, and so back to its starting point. 



Measurements: Male and female, 135. 160. 30. 10 mm. 



