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of considerable interest, since, so far as I am aware, it has hitherto 
been found only in South Africa. 
_ Dr. Abbott states that the native Kichaga name is Kipara. 
19725. Female. Arusha Wa-cini, October, 1889, 2,500 feet. 
19724. Male. Arusha Wa-cini, December, 1889, 2,500 feet 
48442, Taveta. 
Dendrohyrax validus True. ”* 
PLATE LXXV. 
Eight specimens appear to represent a distinct species of Dendro- 
hyrax, which I have described for the first time in the place cited above. 
Dr. Abbott states that the native name of this animal is Mha. 
The following is a repetition of the description: 
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 crenulate. 
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. 
Vhe 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. 
The subterminal rings of the hairs of the forehead and cheeks are paler 
than on the back, and these parts have therefore a grayish tint. 
Around the nostrils and eye and on the feet the hairs are dusky 
brown. The ears are dusky brown externally, and have a tuft of 
yellowish white hairs on the upper part of the conch internally. 
| Hairs of the under surfaces grayish chocolate-brown in the basal 
half; terminal portion clear cinnamon-brown, varying to yellowish- 
white in some specimens, especially between the hind legs. 
Skull depressed, muzzle elongate, nasal bones rectangular, slightly 
expanded posteriorly. Orbit completed behind by the union of the pro- 
cesses of the malar and frontal bones. 
Coronoid process of the mandible rectangular, inclined forward, form- 
ing an angle of 45 degrees with the molars; its upper margin nearly in 
a line with the margin of the ramus posterior to the condyle. 
Its nearest ally is Dendrohyrax arboreus, from which it differs in the 
color of the dorsal spot and of the under surfaces of the body. The 
skull appears to differ in many respects. 
Compared with the skull of D. arboreus figured by Gray,t that of 
* Proc, | U. 8. Nat. Mus., XIU, 1890, pp. 297-229, 
tGray. Hand-list of Edentate, Thick-skinned and Ruminant Mammals, 1873, 
Pl. 13, Fig. 2. 
