— 274 — 



With regard to the small head and the little developed mane 

 this Lion reminds about the Somali Lion, but its iiead is still a 

 little shorter, although on the other hand it is very much broader, 

 as is proved by the following comparison between the skull of 

 this Katanga Lion and a Somali Lion shot in Northern Brit. East 

 Africa, north of Guaso Nyiri ('). 



Katanga Lion cf. Somali Lion cf. 

 mm. mm. 



Greatest length of skull . . 334 ' 336 



— zygomatic breadth 239 218 



— widtli across upper carnassials . . . 130,5 ii8>5 

 Breadth across foremost praemolars .... 85 77,5 

 Width of choanae a little behind the palatal 



border 43 30 



Distance between heals of upper carnassials -85 76 



Interorbital breadth 74 71,5 



Width across postorbital processes 114 98,3 



Least postorbital width 71,3 61 



Breadth of buUa 34 29 



Length of bulla ,,..... 50 45 



Length of upper carnassial 36,5 35 



The condyles of the Katanga-specimen hâve unfortunately been 

 eut away, but the différence in basai and condyloincisive length 

 would probably hâve proved to be more conspicuously in favour of 

 the Somali Lion than the total length as the occipital crest appears 

 to be longer in the Katanga race. But especiallv if both skulls are 

 seen from below the great différence in shape is plainly visible. 

 The skull fromKatanga is much more broadly triangular than that 

 of the Somali Lion. The zygomatic arches of the former are 

 broader and at the same time considerably stouter; the palate is 

 much broader, especially behind ; the choanae are much broa- 

 der; the bullae are larger and more inflated. The length of the 

 upper carnassial of the Katanga Lion is only i 72 mm. longer thaii 

 that of the Somali Lion. 



(') Conf. LôNNBKRG, Mammals coll. by the Swed. Zool. Exp. to Brit. E. Afr., 191 1, 

 p. 74. {K. Sv. Vel. Akad. Handl., t. XLVIII, n" 5.) 



