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EINAE LONNBBEG, MAMMALS COLLECTED IN CENTRAL AFRICA. 



side of hind legs maize yellow (36, 4). Anal region saturated yellowish buff (310, 4), The 

 scaly tail is scantUy beset with rather short hairs which are blackish above, whitish be- 

 neath, and do not cover the scales. The whiskers are mostly dark brown. The feet are 

 covered with hair, mixed blackish an maize yellow. 



Greatest length of skull . . 



Basal length of skull .... ... 



Greatest breadth of skull .... 



Length of nasals 



» » frontals . . . 



Interorbital breadth 



Greatest width of rostrum posteriorly across pre- 



maxillaries 



Posterior breadth of nasals 



Upper molar series 



Lower » » . . . . 



Tip to tip of postorbital processes . . . . . 



Diastema 



Palate length to »henselion» 



Dendrohyrax dorsalis Frasejr. 



A fine specimen from Beni caught 6th of July 1913. 



Whether a small young without dorsal spot belongs to this species, or not, is im- 

 possible to decide. 



Elephas africanus cottoni Lydekker, 



A foetus with a length between forehead and vent amounting to about 30,5 cm. 

 (PI. IX). 



As has been pointed out before, also by the present author concerning E. a. cyclotis 

 Matschie, the Elephant foetus comparatively early assumes the shape of the fuUgrown 

 animal to such a degree that the racial characteristics become conspicuous. This holds 

 good also in this case. The shape of the ear proves that this foetus belongs to the race 

 which has been named as above. A comparison between the accompanying figure of the 

 left ear of this foetus shows exactly the same shape as Lydbkker's figure in Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. London, 1907, 1, p. 390, on which the author quoted based his diagnose of this race. 

 The shape of the ear, especially the small size of the hanging lappet may also be seen 

 on a photo of a male Elephant shot by Capt. E. Arrhenius. 



The ear of E. a. cottoni is less oval than that of E. a. cyclotis Matschie from Came- 

 roon, but undoubtedly both are nearly allied. Both have another characteristic in com- 

 mon viz. four hoof s on the hind foot. The present author stated^ the presence of a fourth 



1 Comptes Rend, du 6me Congrfes Internat. de Zoologie, Berne 1904, p. 324. 



