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BINAR LONNBBEG, MAMMALS COLLECTED BY THE SWEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITION ETC. 



should agree with M. p. mitis, and it is probably a connecting link between the 

 latter and M. p. robustus. More can hardly be said for the present when only one 

 specimen is available. 



Ichneumia albicaudus ibeanus Thomas. 



Thomas: Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1904 Ser. 7, Vol. XIII, p. 409. 



The White-tailed Mungoose appeared to be not uncommon round Nairobi. It 

 was often trapped in the section inhabited by hindoos and natives. I saw several 

 living specimens in captivity. An immature male was obtained from Kikuyu. 



Helogale hirtula ahlselli Lonnberg. 



LOnnbeeg: Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 8, Vol. IX, p. 64. 



Body and tail all over coarsely grizzled with ochre yellow, sometimes more 

 buff, and black producing an olive brown general colouration. The yellowish sub- 

 terminal rings about 3 mm. (PI. V fig. 1). Head very dark grey produced by a 

 fine whitish sprinkling on black ground colour, head and back are thus very diffe- 

 rently coloured. Lower parts grizzled like the upper parts but duller, thus assuming 

 a more brownish general tint. In two specimens out of three the fingers and toes 

 tend to become pure black, in the third they are grizzled like the other parts. The 

 extreme tip of the tail is sometimes more or less uniform rufous buff. The length 

 of the hair of the back is generally 12 — 14 mm. but single hairs become 18 mm. or 

 more. The not visible underfur is huffish. Length of head and body 250 — 260 mm. 

 length of tail 180 to 200 mm. length of hind foot 54 — 56 mm. with claws, without 

 48 — 50 mm. (skin measurements). One specimen measured in flesh had head and 

 body about 24 cm. and the tail about 18 cm. 



Condylobasal length of skull 



Basicranial length ■ 



Zygomatic breadth .... 



Interorbltal breadth 



Greatest width of brancase above meatus audit. 



Length of palate , 



Greatest diameter of p* 



» » » m' 



Front of canine to back of m^ 



Breadth between outer corners of p* 



