1934] Hatt, American Museum Congo Expedition Pangolins and Aard-Varks 651 



Manis (Uromanis) longicaudatus (Brisson) 

 Plate XXXV; Figure 1 

 Pholidotus longicaudatus Brisson, 1762, 'Regnum Animale,' p. 19. 

 Manis tetradactyla Linnaeus, 1766, 'Systema Naturae,' 12th Ed., p. 53. 

 Manis macroura Erxleben, 1777, 'Systema Regni Animalis,' p. 101. 

 Manis africana Desmarest, 1820, 'Mammalogie,' part 1, p. 376. 

 ? Manis ceonyx Rafinesque, 1821, Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. Brux., VII, p. 215. 

 Manis longicauda Sundevall, 1843, K. Vet. Akad. Handl., 1842, p. 251. 

 Manis guineensis Fitzinger, 1872, Sitzber. K. Akad. Wien Math. Naturwiss. 

 CI:, LXV, p. 24. 



Manis senegalensis Fitzinger, 1872, idem, p. 25. 



Manis hessi Noack, 1889, Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst., IV, p. 100. 



Manis longicaudatus is an arboreal species with a long prehensile 

 tail, equaling about two-thirds of the total length. There is a naked 

 area on the under surface of the tail tip. The forearms bear no scales, 

 but are covered with hair. The scales are large, yellow, and on the 

 flanks are keeled. The two inferior postscapular scales are markedly 

 larger than those adjacent to them. The skull may be recognized by its 

 sharp anteorbital narrowing. 



Represented by 10 skins, 3 skeletons, and 8 skulls, collected as 

 follows : 



Akenge, 1 (adult cf ) October 10, 1913 



Bolobo, 1 native skin, December, 1914 



Gamangui, 2 (adult d 71 and adult 9 ) February 3 and 13, 1910 



Medje, 1 (juv.) June 9, 1910 



Niapu, 7 (2 adult d 1 , 4 adult 9, 1 adult, sex ?), November 28- 

 December 20, 1913. 



Collector's Measurements 



Total Length Tail Length Foot Length 



9 d\ 9 860.4 (755-937) 577.0 (505-645) 50.4 ( 44-55) 



3 & 874.0 (810-937) 613.3 (560-645) 53.0 ( 51-55) 



5 9 851.4 (755-930) 560.6 (505-623) 49.0 ( 44-54) 



Other measurements made by the collector on an adult male of 810 

 mm. total length, collected at Gamangui, are: 



Middle of eye to tip of snout 35 mm. 



Middle of eye to ear 25 mm. 



Transverse diameter of mouth 18 mm. 



External Characters. — There is a low coefficient of variability 

 in scale count and color of longicaudatus. All of the specimens lie within 

 the range of scale numbers set forth by Frechkop. In color the only 

 noteworthy deviation from uniformity is the sporadic occurrence of a 



