NO. 19 CARNIVORES AND BABOONS FROM AFRICA — HELLER 5 



Characters. — Felis leo nyanzcB differs from massaica of British 

 East Africa by its darker tawny coloration and short mane. In 

 coloration it closely resembles the Abyssinian lion, but lacks the hea\ \ 

 black mane of that species and the large body size. The skull is 

 smaller and narrower than massaica, but resembles it in the relative 

 size of the cheek teeth and mesopterygoid fossa. 



Coloration. — Dorsal coloration ochraceous-tawnv vermiculated 

 slightly with black on median line ; sides ochraceous without darker 

 spots ; belly buffy-ochraceous. Mane short, not extending on should- 

 ers except on median dorsal line where it forms a narrow ridge of 

 hair 2 inches wide by 10 inches long; length of hair on middle of 

 neck only 3 inches; color tawny throughout, only showing dark 

 brownish color at tips of hair on crown and shoulders. Limbs like 

 the back in color, the thighs posteriorly with a blackish stripe ; under- 

 side of toes seal-brown. Head tawny like back. Ears chiefly tawny, 

 the black area being reduced to a narrow line. 



Measurements. — Measurements of the flat skin : head and body, 

 1,990 mm. ; tail, 890 ; ear, 100. Skull missing, only the premaxillaries, 

 canine and incisor teeth and nasal bones preserved with the skin. 

 These indicate a fully adult animal. An adult male specimen in the 

 British Museum from Mulema, Uganda, collected by Colonel Delme- 

 Radcliffe is quite identical with the type in color and may be taken 

 as reperesenting the race here described. This specimen has a nar- 

 row, short skull with rather small teeth. The dimensions are : 

 greatest length, 363 mm. ; condylo-incisive length, 324 ; zygomatic 

 width, 230 ; interorbital width, 74 ; post-orbital constriction, 66 ; width 

 across post-orbital processes, in; length of upper carnasial tooth, 

 37; nasals, 116x69; condylo-basal length of mandible, 237. 



Remarks. — The Uganda race of the lion does not apparently share 

 the close approximation to its west African representative that i- 

 exhibited by much of the mammal fauna of the region. The broad 

 skulled, large-tooth form of west Africa is strikingly different from 

 the narrow skulled, small-tooth nyanzce which is a close ally of 

 massaica. 



FELIS PARDUS FORTIS, new subspecies 

 Highland Leopard 



Type from the Loita Flains, Southern Guaso Nyiro district. British 

 East Africa; adult male, Cat. No. 181600, U. S. Nat. Mus. : collected 

 by Mr. Aggate in the bush country bordering his farm, and pur- 

 chased by Paul J. Rainey, May 31, 191 1 ; original (Heller) No. 2309. 



