KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 48. N:O 5. 93 
hesitation may be referred to the same species were 'also caught at Fort Hall, at 
Ruiru river, at a village about 2 days march south of Meru boma etc. I am less 
sure about the identity of some Rats from Kagio because it is not easy to distin- 
guish this species from young HE. effectus. 
Epimys jacksoni DE WINTON. 
DE WIiNTON: Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1897, Ser. 6, Vol. XX, p. 318. 
Specimens of this long-tailed Rat were collected in the lower forest region of 
Kenia, and a little outside the same between Embu boma and Meru boma the last 
days of January. Some of these specimens are decidedly much larger than DE WIN- 
TON's type from Ntebbe,' but after comparison with the collections in British Museum 
Mr. DOoLLMAN has stated the identity. 
The dimensions of my three largest specimens are: 
si Head and body... ts cr. .4 LS, mm;, tall 153 mm. 
SK > 2 RS ODD. >» 140 > 
2 » > SAS LIK ÖN 2 » 142 
Length of hind-foot about 26 mm. with claws, a little more than 24 without 
them. 
This Forest Rat has also been found on Kilimanjaro (LÖNNBERG), and south of 
- Tanganyika (DOLLMAN). On Ruwenzori lives a closely allied subspecies. 
Epimys denni& THOMAS. 
Thomas: Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist.: 1906, Ser. 7, Vol. XVIII, p. 144. 
A specimen which well agrees with THOMAS” description was caught in the 
mixed bamboo and forest belt of Kenia at an altitude of 2,700 m. A younger and 
darker specimen trapped at the same locality may also be referred to this species 
in spite of the difference in colour, which may be due to its age. | 
This species was originally described from Ruwenzori, and THOMAS compared it 
with ZE. carillus from northern Angola, Pungo Andongo, and with £. alleni from 
West Africa and Congo. This is of interest because it proves the western affinities 
of this Forest Rat. 
1 THoMAs has, however, declared this one to be young. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1906, Ser. 7, Vol. 
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