642 MR. BLANFORD ON ABYSSINIAN SPECIES OF HYRAX. [ Dec. 9, 
I. Dorsal streak black. 
a. Fur harsh, mottled ; size moderate. 
1. Hyrax ABYSSINICUS. 
H. habessinicus, Hemp. & Ehr. Symb, Phys. pl. 2. f. 2 (the smaller 
specimen only). 
Hab. Shores of Red Sea near Massowa and Annesley Bay. 
b. Fur soft, long; size large. 
2. H. capensis? 
Euhyrax abyssinicus, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4. vol. i. 
p- 47. 
Hab. Shoa, Southern Abyssinia. 
II. Dorsal streak yellow. 
a. Fur soft, variable in colour, but usually dark brownish 
grey or brown, and mottled. 
3. H. BRUCEI. 
Ashkoko* of Bruce, Travels, vol. v. p. 139. 
Gike of Salt. 
Hyrazx brucei and H. alpini, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. for 
1868, ser. 4. vol. i. pp. 44, 45; Cat. Carn. Mamm. in Brit. Mus. 
1869, p. 287. 
H. ferrugineus, H. irroratus, and H. irroratus var. luteogaster, 
Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1869, ser. 4. vol. iii. p. 242; Cat. 
Carn. Mamm. Brit. Mus. 1869, p. 288. 
H. abyssinicus, auct. nec Hempr. et Ehr. 
Hab. Highlands of Tigré in northern Abyssinia, above 2000 feet. 
b. Fur harsh, yellowish brown ; size moderate. 
4, H. DONGOLANUS. 
H. ruficeps vel dongolanus, Hempr. & Ehr. Symb. Phys. Mamm. 
t.:2, fips’, 
18h aoe Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1868, ser. 4. vol. i. 
p. 43; Cat. Carn. Mamm. in Brit. Mus. 1869, p. 285. 
Hab. Dongola (H. § EF.) ; Egypt (Burton). 
H. syriacus, Schreb. (H. sinaiticus, H. & E. and Gray), approaches 
H. dongolanus in colour, being dull isabelline with a large pale dorsal 
spot, but the fur is soft. It inhabits Palestine, Syria, and Northern 
Arabia. No species of Hyraz appears to have been as yet procured 
from Southern Arabia. 
* Ashkoko is Amharic, Gike Tigrai or Geez; the former the language of South 
Abyssinia, Amhara and Shoa, the latter of Northern Abyssinia or Tigré. 
