CHAPTER XX 



SMALL MAMMALS. 



M 



Y interest in small 



mammals was aroused 



by my capturing one 



new species of rodent 



at Mumia's in Kavirondo in 



1895. 



I am indebted to Mr. E. 

 de Winton, F.Z.S., for the 

 list of names of the specimens 

 collected by me in Uganda 

 and in British East Africa, and 

 to the Zoological Society of 

 London for permission to use 

 their description of the new 

 Lophuromys. 



Two specimens ( 5 and ? ) 

 of the dwarf mungoose {Helogale 

 undulata) I presented to the 

 British Museum (Natural His- 

 tory) ; they were got with one shot, as they crossed the caravan 

 road at Masongoleni in British East Africa. 



The large ground-squirrel {Xeriis erythr-opus) was caught with 

 a noose in a maize-held at Masindi in Unyoro. It is covered 

 with short stiff hairs, some of which are as hard and bristly as 

 the small quills of a porcupine. When running along the ground, 

 the animal holds its tail horizontal. 



The small ground-squirrel {Xerus rutilus) can frequently be 

 seen on the march, racing ahead along the dusty caravan road 

 on a hot sunny day. From time to time the animal pauses to 



LOPHUROMYS ANSORGEI. 



[Half life-size.) 



