1936] Hatt, Hyraxes Collected by American Museum Congo Expedition 135 



Procavia johnstoni lopesi Thomas 

 Plate XVIII; Text Figure 3 



Procavia lopesi Thomas, 1907, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) XIX, p. 520. Type 

 locality: Kodja Hill, Gaima Range, Monbuttu, Congo. 



Procavia ituriensis Brauer, 1917, Sitz. Bef. Gesell. naturf. Freunde, p. 303. 

 Type locality: Ituri, Belgian Congo. 



Procavia johnstoni lopesi Hahn, 1934, Zeitschr. fur Saugetierkunde, Bd. IX, p. 

 293. 



A large-toothed, coarse-haired rock hyrax apparently closely related to P. j. 

 matschiei. The general color is Raw Umber to buffy brown. The crown is black 

 and this shade occurs down to a sharply drawn line below the eye. The dorsal spot 

 is broad and a deep Colonial Buff in color. 



Represented by 23 skins, 6 skeletons, 17 skulls and 2 fetuses in alco- 

 hol, collected as follows : 



Aba, 23 (8 cf cf , 13 9 9,2 fetuses), July 16, 1911— January 2, 1912. 



Faradje, 1 (tf 1 ), April 1, 1911. 



Vankerckhovenville, 1 (cT ), August 7, 1910. 



The ages represented may be summarized in the following table : 



Stage Males Females 

 I 



II .. .. 



III 3 2 



IV 1 



V 2 1 



VI .. 2 



VII . . 2 



VIII 4 6 



It is thus apparent that the series of fully adult specimens is not 

 large. 



The seasonal distribution of specimens is only fairly satisfactory, the 

 animals with skins being secured as follows: January, 3; April, 1; 

 July, 3; August, 1; December, 15. 



Distribution 



Procavia j. lopesi was first made known by the description of Thomas 

 who had two specimens collected by Boyd-Alexander on Kodja Hill, de- 

 scribed by this noted explorer as " directly in back of the Gaima Range," 

 which in turn lies on the left bank of the Kibali, below Vankerckhoven- 

 ville. The Congo Expedition specimen labeled Vankerckhovenville 

 was shot by Dr. Chapin on a hill behind Mt. Gaima which is, in all 

 probability, the Kodja Hill of Boyd-Alexander, though the collector is 



