Maininuls from Somali'unJ. 95 



or cream-hufTy, gradually passinj^ into white on the belly and 

 linihs. Spots .small, nn»re or less eIon;;ated on the anti'rior 

 back ; rosettes not well-defined or conspicuous. Spotting on 

 limbs extcn(lin<j^ to the toes. 



Skull conspicuously .smaller than in any other known 

 leopard, as shown by tlio measurements given below. Pro- 

 portions generally similar to the larger forms, but the cranial 

 crests less developed, there being practically no sagittal crest 

 at all, w hile the upper part of the lamb loid crest is almost 

 sessile on the brain-c:ise, instead of being supported on a long 

 projecting helmet. Zygomata more unif )nnly expanded, and 

 conscquenlly more nearly parallel, than in pnrdus. 



Teeth as usual, except for tlu-ir small r sizi^ 



Length of flat skin of ^ 1150 mm., of ? ftype) 1070; 

 tail, J 650, ? 580. 



Skulls;— 



(S fvoung F. pardus ^ 



adult). $ Cold), (y-,'. ad.) •. 



nnn. mm. mm. 



Hreatest length lOti 172 207 



B.i5al lenjrth 142 142-.'5 17.} 



Zvponmtic breadth lOo 101 12:5 



Nasnlj, Itnjrth 41 38 52 



„ bn'adth 24 24 31 



Breadth of brain-case <"o 62-5 73 



I'aliite length 7o 7o 92 



Bnsnl diameter of upper canine . 11 10 15 



Horizontal length oly>^ 5o 2'8 5o 



„ „ p'' l4-.> 12-5 18 



„ „ P' -'1-7 20 26 



t, „ wi' 7 6 8-5 



P3 10-8 9 2 12 6 



„ „ Pi 14o 13-5 18 5 



„ „ »«, 15-8 15-2 20 



IJ'ib. as above. 



Type. Old female. B.M. no. 4. 5. 9. 35. 



That a pigmy leopard occurred in Central Somaliland was 

 first noticed by Capt. Johnston Stewart, of the 2nd King's 

 Africiin liifles, who shot a specimen in the Di'll)ahanta 

 cf untry during the spring of 1903, an<l despatched it home to 

 the National Museum, By some accident it never arrived, 

 and almost immediately afterwards Capt. Stewart was killed 

 by the Mullal/s troopa^ and his invaluable services lost to his 

 country. 



Later on Major Dunn obtained the two specimens above 

 referred to, but, looking on them as mere sportsman's trophies, 

 did not take the measurements in the Hosh. Fortunately, 



• From Ken\a District, East Afiica, presented by Dr. ?. L. Ilinde 



