1908.] MAMMALS FROM ZAMBESIA. 543 



18. MUXGOS AURATUS, sp. n, 



2. 1976, 1996. 



A brilliantly fulvous Mungoose about the size of 31. ratlamucM, 

 but diflering in having the hairs of the back annulated. 



Size about as in M. ratlamuchi. General colour above 

 " ochraceous buff," darker on the back and tail; below "ochra- 

 ceous buff." Individual hairs of the rump and back, as far 

 forward as the shoulders, basally " drab-grey," then " ochraceous," 

 paling to " buff" at the tip, with a subterminal black ring ; those 

 of the crown and face ringed buff, black, buff and tawny ; those 

 of the nape, sides of the throat, shoulders, flanks, limbs, and belly 

 " ochraceous buff" almost to their bases, which are " mouse-gi-ey." 

 Tail coloured like the back for two-thirds its length, then dark 

 " tawny," with a black tip 60-70 mm. long. 



Skull as in M. ratlamuchi. 



Dimensions of type : — 



Head and body 324 mm. ; tail 290; hind foot 62; ear 26. 



Skull — condylo-basal length 62 ; basilar length 57 ; zygomatic 

 breadth 33 ; palate breadth across p^ 21 ; length c-m^ 21*5. 



Hah. Tette, Portuguese Zambesia. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 8.4.3.46. Original number 

 1976. Collected August 26th, 1907. 



A second specimen, a younger female, is quite like the type, and 

 Mr. Grant assures us he saw sevei-al more. 



This beautiful new Mungoose is an unexpected discovery, as 

 Tette is the type-locality of Peters's Rerpestes ornatus, which 

 Mr. Grant supposed he had secured. But ornati(,s, as shown by 

 Peters's figure and descriptions, is allied to and probably identical 

 with the much darker coloured M. cauui Smith *, of which the 

 Museum possesses specimens from both north and south of 

 Tette. 



" Native name, ' Runkoe.' 



" Several of this species were observed, but were difficult to 

 trap. 



" Found everywhere, especially near kraals. 



" Certainly diurnal, perhaps nocturnal also." — C. H, B. G. 



19. FuNisciURUS CEPAPi siNDi, subsp. n. 



d. 1961, 2006, 2026. $. 1941, 1969, 1985. 



On laying out the available specimens of F. cepajn it becomes 

 evident that there are two well-marked geographical races, a 

 northern and a southern, separable on their coloration. The 

 type-locality is given by Smith as " the banks of the Marikwa R.," 

 i. e., the upper basin of the Limpopo River, in the southern part of 



* Cf. Wroughtou, Ann. Mag. N. H. (7) xx. p. 120, 1907. It may be noted here 

 that the subspecies from Zanzibar described by Wroughton in this paper as 3Itmgos 

 inelanurus lasti is antedated by Serpestes ornatus rufescens Lorenz (Abb. Senck. 

 nat. Ges. xxi. Heft iii. p. 462, 1898), a name of which no indication is given iu the 

 title to the article, and which has therefore been missed by all recorders and 

 bibliographers since. 



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