CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS 



1. Taterona ruddi. Wrought. Jnn. Nat. Hist. (7), 17, p. 478 



(1906). 



2. TaUrona draco. Wrought. Ann. Nat. Hist. (7), 17, p. 479 



(1906). 



3. Taterona brantsi, A. Smith. Brants' Gerbille. 



4. Taterona brantsi perpallida, Dollman. Jnn. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist., Ser. 8, vi. igio, p. 394. 

 . 5. Taterona afra. Gray. Cape Gerbille. 



6. Taterona inclusa, Thos. and Wrought. P.Z.S., p. 169 (1908). 



7. Taterona lobengulte typica, de Wint. Lobengula's Gerbille. 



8. Taterona lobengulce bechuanee. Wrought. Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist. (7), 17, p. 482 (1906). 



9. Taterona lobengulte griguie, Wrought. Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist. (7), 17, p. 483 (1906). 



10. Taterona lobengulce mashonie, Wrought. Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist, (j), 17, p. 483 (1906). 



11. Taterona miliaria typica,Wiovig\it. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 



(7), 17, p. 484 (^906). 



12. Taterona miliaria stellte. Wrought. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 



17. P- 485 .(1906). 



13. Taterona miliaria salsa, Wrought. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. {"]),■ 



17, p. 485 (1906). 



14. Taterona panja, Wrought. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 17, 



p. 485 (1906). 



1. Desmodillus auricularis, A. Smith. Namaqualand Gerbille. 



P.Z.S., i. p. 177 (1904). 



2. Desmodillus auricularis pudicus, Dollman. Ann. Mag. Nat. 



Hist., Ser. 8, vi. 1910," p. 395. 



Sub-family : Otomyinee 

 {The Otomys or Vley and Bush Rats) 



Rat-like animals with scaly tails usually less than half the length 

 of the head and body. Upper incisor teeth grooved ; posterior 

 upper, and the anterior lower molar the longest. Molars composed 

 of a series of laminae of enamel united by cement. 



The family is confined to South and East Africa. 



South African species 

 I. Otomys irroratus typicus. Brants. \'ley Otomys. 

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