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EINAR LÖNNBERG, MAMMALS COLLECTED IN CENTRAL AFRICA. 



7 mm.), not much larger on the lips, but on the crown 12 — 20 mm. From thenapealong 

 the upper neck is mesially a row of rather small, elongate spöts, and on either side of these 



a row of larger black spöts, several of 

 which have a small buff centre. On the 

 back above the shoulders the mesial row 

 may be traced, and on the sides of the 

 same the nearest spöts as well are solid 

 and elongate. On the middle of the back 

 the mesial series is less conspicuous as 

 such, especially as some of the spöts be- 

 come annulate with buff centres, but the 

 black of the rings is then always broader 

 than in the lateral rings. On the poste- 

 rior back the mesial series and its accom- 

 panying*side rows become well visible 

 again, the former with solid spöts, the 

 latter with small buff centres, but broadly 

 black. At the base of the tail this pattern 

 is dissolved into narrow elongate spöts 

 which are irregularly crowded into trans- 

 verse series counting about 7 — 8 spöts. 

 On the apical third of the tail these be- 

 come confluent into irregular transverse 

 spöts, or bands separated from each 

 other by narrow white rings. The pattern 

 of the shoulders is very indefinite. It is 

 made up of small spöts which often be- 

 come confluent into many transverse 

 bands, and sometimes form small rings. 

 The sides of the body are entirely covered 

 with the large (mostly 5 — 7 cm.) rings, 

 already mentioned, which often have 

 central spöts. The spöts on the lower 

 parts and the legs are solid, although 

 partly grouped into rosettes. 



The pattern of this Leopard differs 

 chiefly from that of other African Leo- 

 pards by its large, partly Jaguar-like 

 rings. 



Camerano has dcscribcd 1 a Leopard from Ruwenzori, named by him Felis pardus 

 ruwenzorii. In some respects this animal resembles the present one, but there are also 

 several differences. The author quoted describes the general colour of his subspecies as 

 1 II Ruwenzori, Relazione scientificlie, Vol. I. 



Fig. 3. Felis pardus centralis from Kabaré. 



