1898,] MAMMALS PEOM SOMALILAND. 763 



in several of these there was a quantity of long matted hair off 

 their manes which they themselves or their companions pull out 

 to get rid of the grass-seeds." {R. M. H.) 



7. Felis pardus L. 



"Leopards were common on the rocky hills about Hargeisa and 

 were very destructive to the goats and sheep. I saw only one in 

 the daytime, but often heard them at night. They are credited 

 with carrying off many women and children in the Goli ranges, 

 and the skins from that part are certainly larger and finer than 

 those got further south." [r. M. H.) 



8. Eelis seeval Schreb. 



" Only seen twice." {R. M. H.) 



9. Felis caracal G-iildenst. 



" This animal is common about Hargeisa. It is said by the 

 Somalis to kill a great many sheep and goats. I was brought a 

 half-grown one which was very savage at first, but after a week 

 or so it became fairly tame, and was very much like a cat in its 

 habits and great fondness for milk, of which it would drink quite 

 a quantity and seemed to prefer it to anything else." {R. M. H.) 



10. Felis (CTKiELURUS) jubata Erxleb. 



" The Cheetah must be rather common, as I saw about fifteen 

 cubs in Berbera of different ages, which a Q-erman collector had 

 boiaght from the Somalis. I shot only one fully-grown Cheetah, 

 which I found eating a sheep that it had killed." {R. M. H.) 



11. Hbepestes ocheaceus Gray. 



a. <S . Jifa Medir, 5000 ft., 9 January, 1898. 



fi,y. S 6- Jifa Medir, 5000 ft., 18 January, 1898. 



" The Somali name for this animal is ' Saugor.' It is a fairly 

 common animal and I have always seen it hunting by itself. It is 

 very shy and hard to get near, and does not seem to show any 

 curiosity. It is easily caught in cage-traps, as it will take a bait. 

 I have one at present alive, but it is very wild and savage, and all 

 my attempts to tame it have failed. The Somalis say that the 

 ' Saugor ' kills the Dik-Dik Antelope, but I could find no proof 

 of it." (-B. M. H.) 



It is satisfactory to find that further material fully justifies 

 the separation of this species from H. gracilis, as pointed out 

 by the present writer in the Ann. & Mag. Nat, Hist. ser. 7, vol. i. 

 1898, p. 247. 



12. Crossarchus somalicus Thos. 



a, i3. 6 6- Jifa Medir, 5000 ft., 9 January, 1898. 

 " The Somalis call this animal a big Schuk-schuk, their name 



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