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Muridae of Uncertain Position 



"Einer kleinen ratte mit sehr dicken, stachelartigen Haai en." 

 Polyplax miacantha Speiser (Salomona, Abyssinia). 



"Gros Rats." 



Polyplax ? prsecisa Neumann (Abyssinia). 



Family Dipodid^ 

 Dipus sp. 



Eulinognathus aculeatus (Neum.) (Tmiis). 



Family Pedetid^ 

 Pedetes caffer. 



Eulinognathus denticulatus Cumm. (South Africa). 



Family Octodontid^ 



Thryonomys swinderianus (Aulacodus swinderianus). 



Scipio aulacodi (Neum.) (Dahomey; Luangwa Valley, 

 Northeastern Rhodesia, Africa). 

 Thryonomys sp, 



Scipio aulacodi (Neum.) (Mfongosi, Zululand, South Af- 

 rica). 

 Scipio breviceps Ferris (Mfongosi, Zululand, South Af- 

 rica). 



Family Chinchillid^ 



Lagidium peruanum. 



Haemodipsus ? parvus Kellogg & Ferris (Peru, South 

 America). 



Order TUBULIDENTATA 



Family Orycteropodid^ 



Orycteropus afer. 



Hobophthirus notophallus (Neum.) (South Africa), 



