MAMMALS OBTAINED IN DARFUR. 271. 



60. Gazella borcas Linn. 



S . 1058. 10 miles N. of El Fasher. Horns 11|". 



d . 1094, 1095. 150 miles N.E. of El Fasher. 



S . 1147, skull only. 19 miles N. of El Fasher. 



(^ . 469. 5 . 470. Skulls only. 35 miles E. of El Fasher. 



2 . 427. 10 miles E. of El Fasher. 



2 . 1149, 1160. Near El Fasher. 



$. 915, no skin. Wadi Aribo. 



61. Procavia ruficeps H. &, E. 



c? . 1065. 2 . 1063, 1064. 35 miles N. of El Fasher. 



$ . 1131. 60 miles N.E. of El Fasher. 



? . 773, 819. Kulme, Wadi Aribo. 



c^ . 957, 958. 2 • 880, 959, 960. Zalingei. 



d . 1098. Jebel Maidob. 



Native name, " Bogos." 



62. Procavia ruficeps marrensis, subsp. n. 



c? . 665. 2 • 670. Foot-hills of Jebel Marra. 4000'. 



d. 552, 559, 316, 1012. $. 553, 566, 608. Jebel Marra. 

 7100'. 



cT. 527. 2- 526, 528. Jebel Owi, N.E. Jebel Marra. 

 6500'. 



Rather larger on the average than true ruficeps; the fur 

 longer, the colour darker, and the dorsal patch less conspicuous, 

 more overlaid vi^ith the dark ends to the dorsal haii-s. General 

 colour approximating to " Saccardo's umber," but often darker, 

 and always darker than the average in true rvficeps. Nape dark 

 brown, like the crown. Hairs of back broadly tipped with 

 blackish brown in a specimen in good pelage. Hind back and 

 rump and the thighs dark brown. Under surface dull buffy, 

 darker than in ruficeps. 



Skull averaging larger than in ruficeps. 



Dimensions of type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 504 mm. ; hind foot 71 ; ear 30. 



Skull : condylo-basal length 91-5 ; zygomatic breadth 55 ; front 

 of p^ to back of m^ (teeth much worn) 33. 



Hah. Jebel Marra. Type from the central part of the mountain 

 at 7100'. 



T^jpe. Old male. P.M. No. 23. 1. 1. 486. Original number 616. 

 Collected March 19, 1921. 



This is a dark mountain race of the widely spread P. ruficeps 

 of the Soudan. It is unusually variable in colour, but certainly 

 averages considerably darker than the Dassie of the plains. 



