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THE MAMMALS OE EGYPT. 
of being irregularly marked with black, tending to form lines and spots. A line of 
this kind is prolonged forwards from near the base of the tail across the thigh in 
the region of the femoro-tibial joint, and another is also more or less perceptible on 
the shoulders. The hairs of the tail in its latter half are very broadly black-tipped, 
and those at the end of the tail are nearly entirely black. There is always the trace, 
more or less distinct, of a blackish line down the front of the fore leg. The claws are 
black. The hair on the back of the neck and on the shoulders is longer than on the 
rest of the body. 
The under parts are a paler tint than the upper, the chin and throat being palest. 
A male shot at Luxor on the 14th March, 1892, is changing its fur, which is much 
less dense than in the specimen from Gizeh. The brown-black bases to the hairs of 
the vertex are absent, and the general colour of the upper surface is nearly uniform 
yellowish, the black-tipped hairs being very sparsely distributed. The black on the 
tail also is chiefly restricted to the tip, with the remains of a little black on the 
upper surface. 
The following are the measurements taken from the animal in the flesh :— 
mm. 
Snout to vent .890 
Vent to tip of tail.336 
Tail with hair.420 
Height at shoulder.528 
Ihe following are the measurements of three adult males from Cairo;— 
mm. mm. mm. 
Snout to vent. 915 94.5 940 
Vent to tip of tail. 320 355 335 
Length of tarsus. 185 178 189 
Height of ear.HO 109 114 
A young male, six days old, littered on fhe 10th April, 1896, measured as 
follows:— 
mm. 
Snout to vent.184 
Vent to tip of tail. 65 
Ihe eyes and ears of this specimen w^ere perfectly closed, and the ears lay flat against 
the sides of the head. 
This species is supposed not to penetrate into the Nile Valley south of the First 
Cataract, but definite information on this point is required. 
Native name ‘ Deib ’ or ‘ Lib.’ 
The Plate was drawn from a living specimen obtained in Lower Egypt and presented 
to the Zoological Society of London by Dr. Anderson. 
