KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 48. N:0O 5. 69 
Mungos paludinosus conf. mitis THOMAS & WROUGHTON. 
Tuomas: Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1902 p. 309. 
A specimen from Nairobi has a dark rufous general colour produced by tan- 
coloured (Rép. de Couleurs 317.2) rings and tips to the black hairs. The feet are 
black. 
With regard to the colour this specimen is rather similar to some specimens of 
M. p. robustus from Kilimanjaro, but with regard to cranial characteristics especially 
the smallness of the teeth and the bulla it approaches more closely to the Abyssi- 
nian M. p. mitis deseribed by THoMmas 1902. This is proved by the following mea- 
surements: 
Nairobi & | SOON 
mm. mm. | 
Basal lengthiofi skull? CSE: ast. meklis .e ds Bie AHA 93 95 | 
ConrdiylomeIstvetleng Che valoltelie fel esk stilen ve ee LE re a 100 100 | 
ZyAIR lpe(e glo OYNE od ce co for DE DIG I cr För FOR ch DE föl Od vn OO a 57 | 62,5 | 
Jödterorbitalt broatithi si ste Inre ras Fre Atv 20 21 
Bresdth-öf brainecase  . . «sc få « 3” Så AO EDT 16 OSS 38,5 38 
Mastord broad tisk Ne. kela er ski. setts co rid fs NR ö 40 40,5 
Ealsterlengthatromsgnathiölns te sa sp es fee er fe ie ber er Pör lendenn | 57,5 56 | 
Breadth of posterior palateol.. c si sie SÅ side de se se | 91 | 8 | 
Greatest horizontal diameter (of ip.s sil. Bis dal «ie sv src | 11,6 10,8 
» » » DIN og TAPE farfar e ford (1 ,5 | 9,1 
> » » BAT Sig NER pA Ar a ra | 6 | 5,8 
» » per ERA vvbatlere a PA 8 ES | 
» » AND BA: OKEY ss tär FN | 9,2 | 8,6 | 
» » » fr 10 BUR ROR FO Sp ORO SINN KISA 6 | 5,9 | 
The corresponding measurements of the teeth of a M. p. robustus from Kili- 
manjaro are: 
pr 12,4 mm. | SETS ESO A (11 äte 
1007 Sa SEN NI ROTE Mij sr LÖO 
Ilse ÖL. > Moi ss FÖRT 
It is thus especially the molars which are much smaller than in M. p. robustus 
and agree with those of M. p. mitis. 
As characteristic of the latter THOMAS has stated that the bullx are >much 
lower and less prominent» than in the former. In the present specimen the distance 
in a straight line from the bony ledge above the bulla and to the middle of its 
ventral surface is about 11 mm., but in a specimen of M. p. robustus from Kiliman- 
Jaro it is about 14 mm. ' I appears thus as if this specimen in this respect as well 
! The posterior palatal surface is only 7,3 mm. broad. 
