LOPHIOMTS IMHAUSI. 
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Subfamily LOPHIOMYIN^. 
LOPHIOMYS. 
Lophiomys, Milne-Edwards^ L^Inst. xxxv. 1867^ p. 46. 
Fur full and long; the dorsal area separated from the lateral by longitudinal spaces 
covered with short adpressed hair. Tail bushy, well developed. Hallux somewhat 
opposable. Skull rugose, the temporal fossae roofed over by a plate of bone formed by 
processes thrown out from the malar, frontal, and parietal bones. Molars typically 
Cricetine, with persistent cusps set in two rows in both upper and lower jaws; incisors 
smooth, flat in front. 
Dentition : i. p, m. g = 16. 
Lophiomys imhausi, M.-Edw. (Plate LI.) 
Lophiomys imhausii, Milne-Edwards, LTnst. xxxv. 1867, p. 46; id. Ann. Sci. Nat. vii. 1867, 
p. 113; id. Nouv. Arch. Mus. hi. 1867, p. 81, pis. 6-10; Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, 
p. 497; Gestro, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xv. 1880, p. 122. 
Phractomys athiopicus, Peters, Zeitsehr. ges. Naturwiss. xxix. 1867, p. 195; Reiehert, SB. Ges. 
naturf. Fr. Berl. 15 Jan. 1867, p. 1 (skull). 
Lophiomys imhausii^ Giglioli, Zool. Anz. iv. 1881, p. 45. 
Dr. Anderson left the following notes on this animal:— 
“ Specimen in the Florence Museum, from which the Plate was drawn by the kind 
permission of Prof. Giglioli, 30/1/97. 
? . Eskanid (Erkoweet r) (Suakin). Count L. Marrazzani, 12 April, 1880. 
“ In this specimen the denser fur generally is grey at the base, with a broad white band 
and wide brown tip ; the long hairs, however, are broadly tipped with white. The upper- 
surface of the head is covered anteriorly by a triangular white area, pointed over the 
forehead, and prolonged outwards and backwards below the ears to the side of the neck, 
where the adpressed lateral band of yellowish hairs commences. A white spot below 
the eye. The front of the head, a narrow area above the eye, the sides of the head, 
cheeks, throat, and sides of the neck to the shoulder blackish brown; under surface 
generally pale brown, with an admixture of white. Limbs also pale brown, with 
numerous white hairs; ears flesh-coloured, nearly nude; tip of tail white. 
“ Total length of the stuffed specimen from snout to tip of tail about 40 cm. 
“ Skull very imperfect: total length — %; basilar length — I ; greatest breadth — ?; 
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