OG Mr. O. Tlioiiia.q on 



however, he })reserve(l both tlie skull?, and, witli his usunl 

 generosity, has given these and the typical skin of the female 

 to the National Mii-eiim. 



No described form of leopard at all approaches F. p. nnnO' 

 pordus in its diminutive size, unless the animal referred to by 

 Matschie as " F. pardus minor"*, from tlie Soudan, is 

 similar. But as he does not give any description, his name 

 in any case remains a nomen nudum. 



5. Flerpestes ochraceus perfulvldus, subsp. n. 



^ . 140. Wardair, north-east of Gerlogobi, Central 

 Somali. 



*' Sangom." 



General colour uniform bright ochraceous on head, body, 

 and outer side of limbs. Fur unannulated, bright ochraceous 

 throughout, except that the extreme bases of the hairs are 

 slaty and the tips are inconspicuously darker. Underfur 

 slightly more rufous than the longer hairs. Under surface 

 dull whitish, not sharply defined laterally, and washed down 

 the middle line with pale tawny. Centre of face tawny 

 ocliraceous, a line above eye and another below grizzled 

 whitish, the hairs being here alone finely annulated. Lips, 

 chin, and interramia white. Back of ears dark brown, edged 

 with buify. Inner side o£ limbs dull whitish, like belly ; 

 up])cr surface of hands and feet bright ochraceous buff. 

 ]\Jiddle line of rump tawny ochraceous, passing into intense 

 tawny on the tail, which is wholly of this colour except for the 

 usual terminal black tuft. 



Skull as in true ochraceus. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 275 mm, ; tail 220; hind foot 51 ; ear 25. 



Skull : greatest length 58 ; basal length 54 ; zygomatic 

 breadth 34 ; greatest horizontal diameter of y/ 6 5, of m^Z'^. 



Type. B.M. no. 4. 5. 9. 9. No. 140 as above. Collected 

 31st January, 1904. 



This remarkably handsome mungoose is evidently the 

 representative in the red sandy region of the Abyssinian 

 //. ochraceus, and presents the extreme phase of the colour 

 matching the region. 



« SB. Ges. nat. Fr. 180o, p. 199. 



