THE MUNGOOSE 
In form this mungoose is rather slender. The 
body, from the tip of the nose to the root of the tail, 
averages twelve to fourteen inches; the tail is ten 
to eleven inches. The colour of the fur of the body 
is speckled grey, caused by the hairs being banded 
or ringed black and white. The legs are dark 
brown ; eyes brown. 
Tue Pate Muncoost 
(Mungos punctatissimus) 
The only known specimen of this mungoose was 
obtained at Port Elizabeth by Dr. Brehm, a German 
naturalist, and is at present in the collection of the 
Leyden Museum. It is stated to be very closely 
allied to the Small Grey Mungoose, differing only 
in its lighter colour and its smaller size. 
Although. I have lived at Port Elizabeth for the 
past ten years and done my utmost to obtain 
examples of this mungoose, I have failed. Con- 
siderable numbers of Small Grey Mungooses have 
been sent to me at the museum; and I have 
observed scores of them disporting themselves in 
the warm sun’s rays near the town. An animal 
dealer in Port Elizabeth for many years past has 
procured mungooses from this neighbourhood, and 
I have taken care to inspect them regularly, but 
they were all of the typical species, viz. Mungos 
pulverulentus. It is highly probable that the speci- 
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