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THE MAMMALS OE EGYPT. 
[Hhinoloplius clivosus, described by Cretzschmar (Riipp. Atlas, pi. 18), came from 
Mohila in Arabia. Peters (MB. Ak. Wissensch. Berlin, 1866, p. 16) has given some 
further details of the type specimen, and mentions the exceedingly small first 
premolars in both upper and lower jaws. 
In the British Museum Catalogue (1878) Dobson mentions several specimens of 
B. clivosus from the African continent, whereas in all probability they all belong to the 
form he afterwards described as B. antinorii ; this is certainly the case with the specimen 
he mentions from North Africa received from the Frankfort Museum, rvhich 1 have 
examined. In describing this new species from Shoa, Dobson compared it only 
wdth B. ferrum-equinum^ overlooking Cretzschmar’s species altogether, which seems 
to resemble it very closely, possibly only differing in having the minute premolars, a. 
character which may not be very reliable. So far, however, no specimen having these 
teeth has been found in Africa.—W. E. de W.] 
