Geographical Races of Gsd-dgo cra,si[cs.vidiat\is. 49 



The skull of tlie type-specimen is in the Museum (no. 

 5.1.20.1). 



2. G. c. crassi'caitdatuSj Geoff. 

 Otoffdle crassicaudata, var. kirki, Gray. 



Grey, but waslied on crown and median dorsal area with 

 buffy or drabby brown. Tail greyish, varying towards 

 bufFy or " cinnamon-buff^^ — the tip generally lighter. Lower 

 part of limbs brown. 



Zambesia — Blantyre and Cl)iradzula, Soutliern Nyasa 

 [Sir H. Johnston), Quelimane {Peters, Kirk), Gorongoza 

 Mts. {Rudd Exploration), Melsetter (^Sioynnerton), 



3. G. c. umhrosus, subsp. n. 



Darker than other races throughout. Smoky greyish 

 brown (hair-brown) on body, a clearer grey patch behind 

 and below ears; under surface smoky greyish, the slaty 

 bases of the hairs more prominent than usual, and their tips 

 duller and more drabby. Limbs brown, the wrists, upper 

 side of fingers, hairy part of soles, and upper side of feet 

 nearly or quite black. Tail dark greyish brown, its hairs 

 dark at base, and its end blackish in the type, though not in 

 the paratype. 



Dimensions of type : — 



Head and body 310 mm.; tail 390; hind foot 86; 

 ear 62. 



Skull : front of canine to back of m^ 27 ; premolar-molar 

 series 22'3. 



Northern Transvaal. Specimens from Tzaneen Estate, 

 Zoutpansburg District. " Caught on Woodbush Mt., in 

 Bush." 



Type. Old female. B.M. no. 9. 3. 2. 2. Original num- 

 ber 193. Collected 14th July, 1907, by Dr. H. Lyster 

 Jameson. 



This is a darker and more smoky-coloured race than the 

 others, such as might come from an area with a heavier 

 rainfall. It is less grey than crass'icaudatus, less brown than 

 the next subspecies, while its dark limbs and blackish feet are 

 peculiar to itself. In the general darkening it is probable 

 also that a majority of individuals will prove to have blackish 

 tail-tips, as in the type. 



4. G. c. ziduensis, Elliot. 



G. garnetti of authors referring to Natal and Zululand 

 specimens. 



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