486 EXTINCT AND VANISHING MAMMALS 



"On the frontier of Abyssinia on the Binder River, a few are 

 killed annually by poachers. 



"In 1927 they were considerably depleted in this area by a form 

 of rinderpest, and many were found dead and dying in the river- 

 bed." (Brocklehurst, 1931, p. 65.) 



"Giraffes are fairly numerous on the Setit, and on the Binder, 

 but are not allowed to be shot" (Butler, in Maydon, 1932, p. 148) . 



Up-to-date information on the distribution of the Sennar Giraffe 

 in Eritrea and Ethiopia is lacking. 



According to Heuglin (1877, vol. 2, p. 134) , it occurs in the steppes 

 of the Atbara, the Gash, and the Barka, northward at least to lat. 

 18 N.; likewise on the Abyssinian Mareb and on the lower Anseba. 

 (The Gash and the Barka cross the Sudan-Eritrean boundary; 

 the Mareb extends along the Ethiopian-Eritrean boundary at about 

 long. 38 E.; and the Anseba is an easterly tributary of the Barka 

 in extreme northern Eritrea.) 



"Buring the last year or so, 1897-98, they have been encountered 

 within a few hours of Kassala [near the Sudan-Eritrean border] 

 by officers of the recent Italian garrison" (Bryden, 1899, p. 501). 



Lydekker and Elaine (1914, vol. 3, p. 243) record a specimen from 

 "Bembelas, Abyssinia." This is apparently in the northwestern part 

 of the country. 



The live specimens imported by Menges were shipped from Mas- 

 saua, Eritrea, and were derived from the hinterland, probably from 

 the vicinity of Kassala in British territory (Schwarz, 1920, p. 899) . 



Kordofan Giraffe 



GlBAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS ANTIQUORUM (SwainSOn). 



Camelo'pardalis antiquorum Swainson, Geography and Classification of Animals, 

 p. 95, 1835. (Based upon the Giraffe of Riippell (i. e., the "Camelopardalis 

 Giraffa (Linne)" of Cretzschmar, 1826, p. 23, pis. 8-9); type locality 

 said by Schwarz (1920, p. 898, footnote) to be "Baggara el Homr," 

 southern Kordofan (lat. 10 N., long. 28 E.?; cf. Harper, 1940, pp. 822- 

 323).) 



FIGS.: Cretzschmar, 1826, pis. 8-9; Jardine, Nat. Libr., Mammalia, vol. 3, 

 Ruminantia, pt. 1, pi. 21, 1835; Lydekker, 1904, pi. 11, p. 206, fig. 24; 

 Lankester, 1907, p. 120, figs. 42-43; Lydekker and Blaine, 1914, vol. 3, 

 p. 245, fig. 42. 



This Giraffe is still common in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan west 

 of the Nile. 



It is closely allied to the Sennar Giraffe, but distinguished by 

 having the spots on the upper part of the limbs from just above 

 the line of the abdomen downward broken up into a number of 

 very small and irregular ones, which contrast strongly with the 



