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ON MAMMALS FROM EQUATORIAL AFRICA. [Jan. 17, 



The peculiar pale colour of this Coney is evidently neither due 

 to its youth, for young specimens of the other species are, if any- 

 thing, darker and not lighter tlian the aduhs, nor to albinism, as is 

 shown by the brown bases to the hairs ; and I am therefore com- 

 pelled to look upon it as representing a new species, distinguished 

 from all other members of the group by the colour and fluffiness of 

 its fur. 



I have very great pleasure in connecting with this interesting 

 animal the name of its discoverer, to whom science is indebted for 

 so large a contribution to our knowledge of the fauna of Central 

 Africa. 



39. 



rt. 

 b. 



Manis tricuspis, Raf. 



Kudurma, Makraka, 1/84. 

 Kabajendi, Makraka, 8/84. 

 c. Monbuttu, 5/84. 

 " Monbuttu, ' Nakito.' Sandeh, 'Kiro.' "— E. 



These specimens all agree in having 21 longitudinal series of body- 

 scales. Specimen c, the only one with a perfect tail, has 37 mar- 

 ginal, 33 central single, and 6 pairs of terminal caudal scales. 



In considering the geographical relations shown by the present 

 collection, it will be advisable at first only to take into consideration 

 the species obtained in Monbuttu. These (excluding two unnamed) 



are the following : — 



Of these 28 species, no less than 16 (marked with a *) are wholly 

 West-African, 14 of them having never been hitherto recorded out of 

 the West-African region at all, and therefore Dr. Emin has extended 

 the known ranges of every one of these 14 by something like a 

 thousand or twelve hundred miles. Of the others, 5 (marked with 

 a t), although found in other regions, also occur in West Africa ; 

 5 iX) are either peculiar or only otherwise known from neighbouring 

 Central- African localities ; one only is Abyssinian (A) ; and one is as 

 yet elsewhere only known from Natal (N). 



The collection as a whole is therefore distinctly West- African in 

 character, and presents no appreciable intermixture of other forms. 



