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XIV. — On a Collection of Mnmmals ohfai'ned in Somnliland 

 hi/ Major H. N. Dunn, B.A.M.C., toith Descriptions of 

 Allied Species from other Localities. By Oldfield 

 Thomas, F.R.S. 



!Majoh II. N. Dunn, R.A.M.C, to wlioni tlie National 

 Museum was indebted for the interest itig collection of 

 Soudanese mammals described last year*, spent the winter 

 and sprinf^: in Somaliland, attached to the Abyssinian con- 

 tin<i;ent taking part in the ex|u^dition against the Mullah. As 

 usual, he niade as good a collection of mammals as was possible 

 under the circumstaiices, and has been rewarded by finding a 

 considerable number of new forms, which are here described. 



Most of the collection was made in Central Soinaliland on 

 the red sandy and stoneless llaud, the fauna of which appears 

 to be peculiar in many respects. T!ie vivid reds of such 

 animals as Ilerpestes ochraceus perftdvidus^ Xerus rutilus 

 intensus, and Ammodillus imheWs are a notable feature of the 

 mammalian fauna, as is the reduction in size found in other 

 types, such as the pigmy leopard {Felis pardus nanopardus) 

 and Somali wild dog [Ltjcaon piclus somalicus). 



Major Dunn has again presented the whole ot his interesting 

 and valuable collection to the National Museum. 



1. Galago sp. 



(? . 128 ; $ . 127. Fafan, 35 miles east of Harar. 



Allied to G. teng, Sund. 



It is probable that all the members of the G. vioholi group, 

 including G. teng^ G. gallarum, &c., should be looked upou 

 as local subspecies of one widely distributed species. 



2. Megaderma cor^ Peters. 

 S. 134, 135. Gcrlogobi. 



3. Felis piardus nanopardus^ subsp. n. 



J ? . 40 miles west of Gorahai. 



A leopard of the ordinary African desert type, but con- 

 spicuously smaller than any other member of the group. 



Fur short, hairs of back only about 10 mm. in length. 



Coloration as usual in East-African leopards, the general 

 tone pale, the ground-colour along the dorsal area pale bufFy 



* P. Z. S. 1903, vol. i. p. L'91. 



