APPENDIX 



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GENUS 



Canis 



Vulpes 



Otocyon 



Lycaon 



SPECIES 

 variegatus 

 mengesi 

 simensis 

 chama 

 megalotis 

 Rictus 



ENGLISH NAME 



Variegated Jackal 

 Pigmy Jackal 

 The Cuberow 

 Silver Fox 

 Long-Eared Fox 

 African Hunting Dog 



A onyx 

 Lutra 



Mellivora 



Division ARCTOIDEA 

 Family MUSTELHXE 



capensis 



maculicollis 



ratel 



Ictonyx capensis 



Poecilogale albinucha 



Cape Otter 



Spotted-Necked Otter 

 The Ratel or Honey- 

 Badger 



Striped Muishond 

 Snake Muishond 



Suborder PINNEPEDIA 



Family OTARIID.E 

 Arctocephalus pusillus The Cape Sea-Lion 



Order RODENTIA 

 Suborder SIMPLICENDATA 

 I. Division SCIUROMORPHA 



i. Family SCIURID^E (Squirrels). 

 Africa. 



Four genera in South 



II. Division MYOMORPHA 



1. Family GLIRID^ (Dormice). One genus in South Africa. 



2. Family MURID.E (Rats and Mice). Nineteen genera in 

 South Africa, which contain some ninety species, and are 

 divided into five sub-families. 



3. Family BATHYERGID^E (Moles). Two genera in South 

 Africa. 



