MAMMALIA. 233 



This irregular geographical distribution of the two 

 varieties is opposed to the idea of their being really 

 distinct forms. 



The following dimensions of the lioness killed by- 

 Captain Mockler, near Ain, were taken on the carcase 

 about an hour after death, and before skinning. The 

 lions seen by us were larger animals, but this appeared 

 to be a fuU-sized female. 



ft. in. 



Length of face, from the nose to between the ears ..11 

 „ from between ears to top of shoulder .... 1 3 

 „ of back from the top of the shoulder to the 



insertion of the tail 3 1 



„ of taO, including the hairs at the end .... 2 7 



Tof al length from nose to end of taU, measured along the 



curve of the back ^ 80 



Length of the body measured in a direct line along the 



side from the front of the shoulder to the rump . 3 5 



Height at shoulder 2 8 



Depth of body behind shoulders 1 3j 



Length of the ear 4 



Girth of chest behind shoulders 3 3 



„ neck 19 



„ head in front of the ears 2 1 



„ forearm 11 



7. Genetta tigrina, Sclireber. 



Viverra tigrina, Schreb. Saugth. III. p. 425, t. 115. 



G. abyssinica, Biipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 33, t. 11. 



G. tigrina, Gray, Gat. Cam. &c. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1869, p. 51. 



I am indebted to Lieut. St. John, who had charge 

 of the telegraph in Abyssinia, for a skin of a civet- 



' This is the usual sportsman's plan of measuring wild animals, and is less 

 liable to inaccuracy than measuring in a straight line. The skin, when taken 

 off and stretched, always measures one-eighth to one-quarter more. 



