Mammals from Tanganyika Territory, 591 



20. MeUivora capensis, Schrcb. 



S. K. 42. Jiiiube Abdullah Funge's, Mkiudo River, 

 Morogoro. 



An old female with a white mantle and skull-length of 

 135 mm. This animal seems to be quite different from the 

 Kilimanjaro t'orm^, M. sagulata^ Holl. 



21. Funisciurus veccillarius, sp. n. 



A large handsomely marked squirrel, allied to tlie car- 

 ruthersi group, with a large and very broad skull. 



Fur long and very thick, not so soft as in carruthersi. 

 Hairs of back of two kinds, (1) the shorter ones, which are 

 blackish-slate at the base, becoming dark mummy-brown, 

 with cream subterminal rings and black tips ; (2) the longer 

 ones which are black throughout their length. The general 

 result is a cream-grizzled greyish brown. Rings of hairs on 

 head and muzzle yellowish brown instead of cream. Lower 

 half of ear with a conspicuous fringe of white hairs. 

 Parts about the mouth tawny ochraceous. Hands tawny 

 ochraceous. This colour deepens up the arm till it becomes 

 a rich red-tawny covering the shoulder. Feet tawny ochra- 

 ceous, which colour tinges the thighs and flanks, but the 

 colour here is less vivid than on the arm. Hairs of under- 

 parts dark grey with long cream tips. Tail for the two 

 proximal thirds clothed with hairs ringed pure black and 

 white, the distal third being pure tawny. These tawny hairs, 

 which are 70 mm. in length, have very short (3 mm.) black 

 bases. 



The rings on the tail-hairs are quite different in character 

 to those of F. carruthersi and F. c. tanganyik(B. In the two 

 latter there is a very long basal light ring, followed by one 

 shorter black ring with a light tip. In vexillarius there are 

 five white rings and four black of approximately equal 

 length, the basal and terminal ones being white. This gives 

 the tail a totally different appearance to that of carrathersi. 



The skull is remarkable for its large size and exceptional 

 breadth, while the teeth are correspondingly large. 



Dimensions of the type (from the dried skin) : — ■ 



Head and body 21^2 mm.; tail 210; hind foot without 

 claws 52. 



Skull : greatest length 54 ; basilar length 44*4' ; palatilar 

 length 24*5 ; zygomatic breadth 33*6 ; interorbital breadth 

 17'5 ; nasals, length 16, greatest breadth (at posterior end) 9; 

 breadth of brain-case 24*2 ; length of upper tooth-series, ex- 

 clusive of;/, 9*2, with^^ 10*5 : greatest length of mandible 

 (without incisors) 33; greatest depth 19'6. 



