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generally spiny ; no marked contrast in the spines of the back and those of the rest 
of the body. x\. few scattered very fine hairs projecting beyond the spines of the back. 
General colour above bright chestnut-red, the spines of the back minutely tipped 
'with brown; the whole of the under parts, the feet, the inner sides of the legs, and a 
spot at the hinder base of the ear white. 
Mammse 1—2 = 6. 
Measurements taken from specimens preserved in alcohol. 
Plain of Tokar. 
A. 
6 . 
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mm. 
mm. 
mm. 
Head and body. 
96 
98 
Tail. 
93 
93 
Forearm and hand. 
22-5 
23 
Hind foot. 
17 
16-5 
Ear.* . 
15-5 
15-5 
This species is distinguished from A. diinidiatus, Cretzschm., by its shorter ears and 
feet and by the absence of the darker dorsal area. 
Dr. Anderson presented some specimens of this Spiny Mouse to the Zoological 
Society’s Gardens, where their descendants lived for several years. No description of 
the animal was at the time published, but the donor wished the species to be known 
as A. hunteri, in recognition of the great assistance rendered to him by Gen. Sir 
Archibald Hunter, then Commandant at Suakin. —W. E. de W.] 
Dr. Anderson had the following note on this species :— 
“ Native name among the Hadendowah Arabs, ‘ Goup ’ or ‘ Shoeshabgoop.’ 
“Two specimens collected by Major Penton in 1893 at Suakin have lost their tails 
and their ears are injured. They are a uniform pale red above, white below, with the 
ears externally livid. The fore limb from the elbow and the hind limb from the tarsus 
are yellowish white. Many of the spiny hairs are more or less tipped with brownish. 
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mm. mm. 
Snout to vent... 98 96 
Length of ears.. 16'3 15'5 
„ tarsus.. 17 17 
“This Spiny Mouse is common at Tokar. Between the morning of the 18th and 
that of the 19th January, a Tokar female gave birth to two young ones, which, when 
discovered on the latter morning, had their eyes fully open and exhibited little of the 
helplessness generally characteristic of newly-born liodents. This mouse seems chiefly 
to live on green food.” 
