KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 58. N:0 2. 65 



Mungoose from 



Rutshum 9 (?) 



Distance of orbit to gnathion 31,5 » 



Palate breadth outside p* (posteriorly) 35 » 



Combined breadth of upper incisors 13 » 



Palate length from gnathion 56 » 



p* 7,3X6,4 » 



Longest diameter of p* 12 » 



Length on outer side of p* 9,8 » 



Transverse diameter of p* 8,7 » 



m' 10,7X7,5 » 



m' 6,3X3,3 » 



Back of m' to front of canine 36,8 » 



Length of lower jaw 70 » 



There is no trace of any p^, nor of j^^. The other premolars are comparatively large 

 and heavy, much larger than those of M. n. naso. The upper canines are sharply edged 

 on their posterior side, less so on the frontside. 



The Rutshuru Marsh Mungooses looks reddish brown, this colour being produced 

 by more or less rich rufous, fawn to rust red subterminal rings to the black long hairs 

 which also sometimes have a whitish ring subbasally, or near the middle. The latter 

 are concealed and also much less broad than in the Cameroon Mungoose. The underfur 

 has a brownish colour like raw umber, but basally darker and more greyish. The head 

 is grizzled with light rings to the dark hairs which are whitish on the sides of the head, 

 more yellowish on top. The throat is yellowish grey, or somewhat ochraceous. Legs and 

 feet brownish black. The tail is basally much mixed with rust red like the back, towards 

 the tip the black predominates. 



Length of the skin from snout to vent 565 mm. Tail without hair 295 mm. Hind 

 foot (s. u.) about 88 mm. in a dry state. 



This Mungoose from Rutshuru is evidently nearly allied to M. 'paludinosus rvbe- 

 scens HoLLiSTER of East Africa. Whether it is fully identical, or not, is very difficult to 

 say when not more material is available, and the faculty of variation of these Marsh 

 Mvmgooses is imperfectly known. 



The brain-cavity of this Mungoose appears rather large as it holds about 32 ccm. 



Crossarchus zebroides Lonnb. 



A female specimen from Kasindi 7? 1913. 



It might perhaps have been expected that the Banded Mungoose of this district 

 should be the Ruwenzori race C. jasciatus macrurus Thomas, but this is evidently not 

 the case. The tail of the present specimen is rather less than half the length of head and 

 body. In this respect as well as with regard to colour and cranial measurements it agrees 

 with the specimens from Mukimbungu, Lower Kongo, described 1908 by the present 

 author. 



K. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. Band 68. N:o 2. 9 



