14 WROUGHTON, Collection of Mammals from Rhodesia. 



[Felis caracal (The Caracal)]. 



" I saw one skin of this species which had been 

 obtained in the Northern part of the territory." 



Cynaelurus jubatus. 



Felis jubata, Erxl., "Syst. Reg. Anim.," p. 510, 1777. 



(12) sex? Southern Mbala Country. May or June, 

 1904. 



The mane is very strongly marked in this specimen, 

 but Col. Bingham tells me that some years ago he saw a 

 living individual of this species in captivity at Aden, 

 (which had been taken in the Somali Country, and which 

 had a mane 4 inches long ; this is not, therefore, a specially 

 local character. 



A native skin. 



" Cheetahs appear to be exceedingly rare in the 

 country. 



" ' Kambulumbulu ' of the Asenga." 



Anomalurus cinereus. 



Anomalurits citieretis, Thos., Ann. Mag. Mat. Hist., (6), vol. 15, 

 p. 188, 1895. 



R. 140$, 141?. Ndola. Oct. 5 — 7, 1905. Alt. 4000. 



" The only two specimens met with. This species 

 appears to be nocturnal in its habits, and to conceal itself 

 in hollow trees by day. 



" ' Mpepi ' of the Alamba. It is also known by the 

 same name on the Angoni Plateau" 



Sciurus mutabilis. 



Sciunts mutabilis, Peters, M.B. Akad. Wiss. Berl, 1852, p. 273. 

 R. 74?. Petauke. March 13, 1905. Alt. 2400. 

 R. 82?,83ct. Petauke. March 30, 1905. Alt. 2400. 



