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that it belongs to a large race, all measurements being, as is shown below, larger than those 

 of the Ruwenzori Leopard which has the total length of the skull 224 mm. On the other 

 hand the measurements are smaller than those which have been recorded by PococK 

 for some West-African Leopard skulls, the total length of which varies between 278,i and 

 262,5 mm. 



A Leopard »from the Loita Plains, Southern Guaso Nyiro district, British East 

 Africa » described by Helleb under the name Felis pardus fortis^ has also a very large 

 skull with the greatest length amounting to 260 mm.,^ and also other dimensions greater 

 than those of the present specimen from Kabare. F. p. fortis is, however, very differ- 

 ent. It is described as having )>numerous small resetted spots, the central color of 

 which is not differentiated in shade from the general ground color ». Unlike the Leo- 

 pard from Kabare F. p. fortis has no upper first premolar, and its bullae are much smal- 

 ler not rising to the level of the mastoid process. 



Another Leopard, from Gondokoro, also described by Heller (in the same paper 

 as the foregoing) under the name of Felis pardus chui is also a large animal with the 

 greatest length of the skull 243 mm. It is said to have »widely isolated spots », »more 

 extensive white surface to the underside of the tail» (than suahilicd). It has smaller 

 upper carnassial, but broader pterygoid fossa than the Leopard from Kabare, the skull 

 measurements of which are recorded below. 



Total length of skull 



CoDdylo-incisive length 



Basal length 



Zygomatic breadth 



Length of nasals mesially 



Combined breadth of nasals anteriorly . 



Breadth of brain case 



Breadth of mesopterygoid fossa .... 



Interorbital width 



Length of palate mesially 



Length of p' 



Length of p' 



Distance between bullae 



Breadth of bullae 



The capacity of the brain cavity of the Leopard from Kabare is 170 ccm. and that of 

 the Congo Leopard about 165 ccm. In the table above are at the side of the measurements 

 of the Kabare skull also recorded the corresponding ones of a male Leopard skull from 

 Inner Belgian Congo which has been presented by Lieutenant Karl Eriksson, and which 

 closely resembles this one. 



1 Smithson. Misc. Coll., Vol. 61, n:o 19, Washington 1913. 



' In »Life Histories of African Game Animals » by Roosewelt & Heller Ihe same leopard is said to 

 be from the »Mau highlands of British East Africa)). 



