KTJNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAE. BAND 48. N:0 5, 83 



Felis caracal nubica (Fitzinger) Matschib. 



Matschie: Saugethiere Deutsch-Ost-Afrikas. Berlin 1895, p. 67. 



I did not see any living Caracal during the expedition but in Nairobi I saw 

 two skins from the Kedong valley and purchased one of them for the sake of evi- 

 dence, although it was not in good condition, but there was a skull to it, the mea- 

 surements of which are given below: 



Greatest length of skull 114 mm. 



Basicranial length 96 » 



Zygomatic breadth • . . 77 » 



Greatest length of nasals (laterally) 27 » 



Least interorbital width 23 » 



Breadth across postorbital processes 46 » 



Least postorbital width 33 » 



Combined length of p° and p* 23,5 » 



Length of p* 14,2 » 



Length of bullae 24 » 



As I do not have sufficient material for comparison I can neither confirm nor 

 contradict Matschie's views about the East African Caracal but have to leave that 

 to the future. His description of the colouration agrees with the present specimen 

 which, although fully adult, displays quite visible spots on the lower side. 



Cynselurus jubatus guttatus (Hermann). 



MATScmE: Die Saugethiere Deutsch-Ost-Afrikas, p. 70. 



Cheetahs were observed a few times in different localities. In January I saw 

 one at a great distance running with great speed over the steppe not far from Nai- 

 robi. South of Guaso Nyiri I saw a specimen in high grass which hid the body, and 

 in spite of its small head it looked like a Lioness. A male specimen was shot ^ji 

 near Lekiundu river, south of Guaso Nyiri, by Mr. A. Sjogren who permitted me 

 to keep the skull for the collection. The dimensions of this skull are as follows: 



skin 36 Va cm. It has a black tip and two subterminal black rings well developed, and traces of others. As 

 the skull of this race is unknown the following measurements may be given. 



Total length of skull 105 mm. 



Condylobasal length 95 » 



Basicranial length 88,5 » 



Zygomatic width 75 » 



Width of brain-case 49 » 



Least interorbital width 19 » 



Length of nasal mesially . . . 23 » 



Fossa lacrymalis to tip of nasal laterally 20 » 



Greatest length of bulla 23,5 » 



Front of canine to back of pm'' 32,4 » 



Length of pm^ 12,6 » 



