neio }[a)nmal'i from Lake Chad and the Congo. 'M') 



Lycaon jiictus sharicus, sp. n. 



A medium-sized, bright-coloured Lycaon witli very sliort 

 liair. 



Size intermediate between tyj)ical pictus from Nyasa and 

 pictus hipinus from British East Africa. 



Hair short (15 mm.), but not so short as in L. p. somalicus. 

 The liair of neck behind ears, above and below, lengthened 

 (-0-25 mm.), suggesting a ruff; that of distal "^ of tail long 

 (GO mm.). 



General colour above ochraceous buff, somewhat irreguiarly 

 mottled with black and in the type specimen with some white 

 blotciies on the back ; below mottled white, buff, and dark 

 brown, the hair of the belly, howe\er, so short and sparse 

 that the mottled skin shows through, looking almost naked. 



Muzzle black as far as the eyes, behind the eyes as far as 

 the ears buffy similar to the ground-colour of the back, 

 but veiy much less orange ; a black median line on crown, 

 extendnig along neck and indistinctly along back; tail for 

 first third rich buffy, remainder black except for a con- 

 spicuous white patch aTmost immediately following the buffv 

 basal portion and for the white tip. Chin dark brown, almost 

 black. Anterior throat, corresjjonding witli neck beliind the 

 ears above, mottled black and white. All hairs the same 

 colour from base to tip. 



Skull resembling t!iat of typical pictus, especially in the 

 narrowiie.'-s between the orbits, but the brain-case distinctly 

 fuller than in that form ; pterygoid fossa narrow, greatest 

 width 22 mm. against 2b mm. in ;>. lupi'nus and 27 mm. in 

 typical pictus; buUre smaller than in typical pictus, about 

 as in lupinus. Teeth small, much smaller than in pictus, 

 smaller even than in lupinus. 



The following are measurements: — 



Head and body 1030 mm.; tail 360; hind ibot 212; 

 ear 110. 



Skull: greatest length 207; basal length 178; length of 

 nasals diagonally 6(3; interorbita! breadth 38; breadth of 

 brain-case 68 ; palate length \ib ; length of upper carnassial 

 19'5 ; greatest breadth of same 9; length of bullae 2>i. 



Hah. I^Iaui, Shari River. 



Type. Adult female. Original inimber 36. Collected 

 lOlh May, 1905, by Cai)t. G. B. Go..ling. 



The colour-pattern is more nearly bilaterally symmetrical 

 than in any other specimen in the Museum, but probably this is 

 an individual character. Its smaller size serves to distinguish 

 sharicus from tyj)ical pictus, as its greater size docs Irom 



