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1868, Cat. Carnivora, etc. Brit. Mus. p. 285, 1869, Hand-List 

 Thick -skinned Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 38, 1873; Gerrard, Cat. 

 Bones Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 283, 1862 ; Flower and Garson, Cat. 

 Osteol. Mus. B. Coll. Surg. pt. ii, p. 438, 1884; Flower and 

 Lydckker, Study of Mammals, p. 488, 1891 ; W. L. Sclater, Cat. 

 Mamm. Lid. Mus. pt. ii, p. 208, 1891, p. 310, 1900; Beddard, 

 Cambridge Nat. Hist., Mamm. p. 233, 1902. 



(?) Hyrax semicircularis, Gray, Cat. Carnivora, etc. Brit. Mus. p. 285, 



1869, Hand-List Thick-skiimcd Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 44, pi. xii, 

 fig. 2, 1873. 



KLIP-DAS (Dutch) ; DASSIE (English). 



The type species. 

 Typical locality Cape Colony. 



According to Brauer, the races of P. capensis are 

 distinguishable as follows : 



A, Under-parts yellowish brown, often somewhat 



ochery. 



a. Back nearly uniform brown, with the light 



bands very short; length of w 1 , 7*3 to 

 8 mm. ; basicranial length 84 5 to 

 93 mm P. c. capensis. 



b. Back bright yellowish brown, grizzled with 



whitish yellow, and with the light bands 

 long; length of m 1 , 6'8 to 7' 5 mm.; 

 basicranial length 80 to 83 '3 mm P. c. ivindhuki. 



B. Under-parts dirty white or grey. 



Back hair- brown to broccoli-brown ; length of 

 m 1 , 6 '8 to 7 '6 mm.; basicranial length 

 71'3to79'9 mm P. c. reuningi. 



c. Under-parts dirty white or grey with a yellowish 

 or ochery tinge. 



Back yellowish brown, in parts, especially pos- 

 teriorly, more ochery ; length of m 1 , 

 6 5 to 7 1 mm P. c. marlothi. 



D. Under-parts ochery. 



a. Back ochery grizzled with white ; length of 



m 1 , 6*5 to 6*8 mm.; basicranial length 



75'4 mm P. c. schnltzei. 



b. Back yellowish brown, with an ochery tinge ; 



flanks mainly silver-grey ; length of m 1 , 

 6-8 to 7'2 mm. ; basicranial length, 77 '2 



to 78 '7 mm P. c. waterbcrg- 



ensis. 



