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United States National Museum U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Bulletin 99 EAST AFRICAN MAMMALS IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Part I. INSECTIVORA, CHIROPTERA, AND CARNIVORA ^^^8iM mim^ BY N. HOLLISTER Superintendent, National Zoological Park, Washington ^-iy^^Aa Vc*a "^tf'NlXi^ WASHINGTOIi GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1918 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. ADVERTTSEIVrENT. The scientific publications of the United States National Museum consist of two series, the Proceedings and the Bulletins. The Proceedings, the first volume of which was issued in 1878, are intended primarily as a medium for the publication of original, and usually brief, papers based on the collections of the National Museum, presenting newly acquired facts in zoology, geology, and antliro- pology, including descriptions of new forms of animals, and revisions of limited groups. One or two volumes are issued annually and dis- tributed to libraries and scientific organizations. A limited immber of copies of each paper in pamphlet form, is distributed to specialists and others interested in the different subjects as soon as printed. The date of publication is recorded in the tables of contents of the volumes. The Bulletins, the first of which was issued in 1875, consist of a series of separate publications comprising chiefly monographs of large zoological groups and other general systematic treatises (occasionally in several volumes), faunal works, reports of expeditions, and cata- logues of type-specimens, special collections, etc. The majority of the volumes are octavos, but a quarto size has been adopted in a few instances in which large plates were regarded as indispensable. Since 1902 a series of octavo volumes containing papers relating to the botanical collections of the Museum, and known as the Contrihu- tions from the National Uerharium, has been published as bulletins. The present work forms No. 99 of the Bulletin series. Richard Rathbun, Ass'istant Secretary, 87niiJiSonian Institution, In charge of the United Stales National Museum. Wa.shington, O. 0., June 12, 1918. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. ^^ Introduction Geographical limits ^^ 13 Brief historical account of the collection 18 Summar>- of specimens listed in Part 1 1^ List of localities 25 Order Iu8ectiv( Family Erinaceidse ^" 26 1. Erinaceus albiventris hindei Thomas ^" Family Macroacelidse 28 2. Rhynchocyon peterai petersi Bocage 29 3. Cercoctenus sultan sultan (Thomas) 29 4. Cercoctenus sultan sangi (Heller) >^1 5. Nasilio brachyrhynchus delamerei (Thomas) 31 6. Nasilio brachyrhynchus albi venter Osgood 33 7. Elephantulus nifescens rufescens (Peters) 33 3. Elephantulus rufeacene mariakanaj Heller 33 9. Elephantulus rufescens phseus Heller 35 10. Elephantulus rufescens dundasi Dollman 36 11. Elephantulus rufescens boranus (Thomas) 3(i 12. Elephantulus mfescens rendilis Lonnberg 36 13. Elephantulus rufescens delicatus Dollman 37 Family Soricidse 37 14. Surdisorex norse Thomas 37 15. Surdisorex polulus HoUister 39 16. Sylvisorex gemmeus Heller 39 17. Sylvisorex mundus Osgood '^1 18. Pachyura lixa sequatoria Heller 42 19. Crocidura nyansae nyansse Neumann 43 20. Crocidura nyansa? kijabae Allen 45 21. Crocidura daphnia Hollister 46 22. Crocidura sururae Heller 46 23. Crocidura hindei Thomas 46 24. Crocidura lutrella Heller 47 25. Crocidura parvipes parvipes Osgood 47 26. Crocidura parvipes nisa Hollister ^^^ 27. Crocidura percivali Dollman 28. Crocidura suahelaj Heller ^f' 5^ 29. Crocidura simiolus Hollietor ''* 30. Crocidura mutesge Heller 51 3 ! . Crocidura turba nilotica Heller 32. Crocidura turba zaodon Osgood ^4 -5'^ 33. Crocidura fumosa fumoaa Thomas 59 34. Crocidura fumosa schistacea Osgood.... ^^ 35. Crocidura fumosa aelina Dollman ^^ 36. Crocidura raineyi Heller *^^ 37. Crocidura jacksonl Thomas .' 64 38. Crocidura hildegardeas hildegardeje Thomas 5 . 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Order Insectivora—Gontiuued. Family Soricidre—Continued. Page. 39. Crocidura hildegardese altse Heller 65 40. Crocidura bicolor elgonius Osgood 65 41. Crocidura bicolor planioeps Heller 67 42. (h'ocidura allex allex Osgood 67 43. Crocidura allex alpina Heller 68 44. Crocidura roosevelti (Heller) 68 45. Crocidura maurisca Thomas 68 46. Crocidura littoralis Heller 70 < )rder Chiroptera 70 Family Pteropidre 70 47. Rousettus angolensis (Bocage) 70 48. Eidolon helvum (Kerr) 71 49. Epomophorus wahlbergi haldemani (Hallowell) 71 50. Epomophorus minor Dobson 71 51. Epomophorus anurus Heuglin 71 Family llhinopomidte 71 52. Rhinopoma eystops Thomas 72 Family Emballonuridse 72 53. Goleura afra (Peters) 72 54. Taphozous mauritiauus Geoffroy 73 55. Taphozous perforatus Geoftroy 73 Family Petaliidcne 73 56. Petalia arge (Thomas) 73 57. Petalia nana Atidersen 73 58. Petalia hispida (Schreber) 74 59. Petalia aurita Ander.*!en 74 GO. Petalia jethiopica a;tliiopica (Dobson) 74 61. Petalia sethiopica luteola (Thomas) 74 Family Megadermidte 76 62. Lavia frons rex Miller 77 63. Lavia frons affinis Andersen and Wroughton 80 64. Cardioderma cor (Peters) 81 l^'amily Rlunoluphidas 81 65. Rhiuolopbus hildebrandtii Peters 84 66. Rhinolophus eloquens Andersen 84 67. Rhiuol(;phu3 keniensis Hollister 84 68. Rhinolophus lobatus Peters 84 Faniily Hipposideridaj 85 09. Hippoaideros caffer (Sundevall) 85 70. Hipposideros ruber (Noack) 85 71. Hipposideros commersonii marungensis (Noack) 88 72. Asellia tridens (Geoffroy) : 88 Family Vespertilionidse 88 73. Myotis liildegarde* Thomas 89 74. Pipistrellus nanus (Peters) 89 75. Pipistrelku- helios Heller 90 76. Pipistrellus aero Heller 90 77. Pipistrellus kuhlii fuscatus Thomas 90 78. Pipistrellus riippelii (r'ischer) 90 79. Eptosicus pha.sma xYllen 92 80. Eptesicus tenuipinnis (Peters) 92 81 Eptesicus capensis somalicus (Thomas) 92 . TABLE OP CONTENTS. 7 Order Chiroptera—Continued. Family Vespertilionida?—Continued. Page. 82. Epteaicus ugandie HoUister 92 83. Eptesicus grandidieri (Dobson) 93 84. Nycticeius africanus Allen 93 85. Scotoecus hindei Thomas 94 86. Scotfficus albigula Thomas 94 87. Scotophilus nigrita coliaa Thomas 94 88. Miniopterus natalensis arenarius Heller 95 Family Molossidae 95 89. Chserephon pumilus pumilus (Cretzschmar) 95 90. Chserephon pumilus naivashee Hollister 98 91. Chserephon hindei (Thomas) 98 92. Chserephon limbatus (Peters) 98 93. Chaerephon emini (de Winton) 98 94. Nyctinomus pegyptiacus Geoffrey 1^00 Order Carnivora ^^1 Family Canidas ^^1 • 101 95. Thos adustus bweha Heller • 96. Thos adustus notatus Heller - 102 97. Thos aureus variegatus (Cretzschmar) 102 98. Thos aureus bea Heller • 102 99. Thos mesomelas elgonse Heller — 103 " 100. Thos mesomelas mcmillani Heller 103 101. Lycaon pictus lupinus Thomas 109 102. Otocyon canescens Cabrera HI 103. Otocyon virgatus Miller HI Family Mustelidce 112 104. Mellivora abyssinica Hollister 112 105. Mellivora sagulata Hollister 114 114 106. Ictonyx striatus albescens Heller. • . • 107. Aonyx capensis hindei (Thomas) 115 115 108. Aonyx capensis helios Heller » Family Viverridee 115 109. Viverra civetta orientalls Matschie 116 110. Genetta dongalana neumanni Matschie 117 111. Genetta bettoni Thomas 118 112. Genetta stuhlmanni stuhlmanni Matschie 118 113. Genetta stuhlmanni erlangeri Matschie 119 114. Genetta pumila Hollister 120 115. Naudinia binotata arborea Heller. 120 116. Mungos dentifer Heller 124 117 Mungos sanguineus parvipes Hollister 124 118. Mungos sanguineus ibeaj Wroughton 125 119. Mungos sanguineus orestes Heller. 125 120. Mungos sanguineus rendilis Lonnberg 1 126 121. Mungos ichneumon fuuestus Osgood. 126 122. Atilax paludinosus robustus (Gray) 126 123. Atilax paludinosus rubescens (Hollister) 127 124. Ichneumia albicauda ibeana (Thomas) 130 125. Ichneumia albicauda dialeucos (Hollister) 131 126. Helogale undulata affinis Hollister. 132 127. Helogale undulata rufula Thomas 132 128. Helogale undulata atkinsoni Thomas 132 . 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Order Cariiivorar—Continued. Family Viverridse—Continued. Page. 129. Helogale hirtula ahleelli Lonnberg 134 130. Bdeogale jacksoni (Thomas) 135 131. Bdeogale craesicauda omnivora Heller 135 132. Crosaarchus faaciatus colonus Heller 136 Family Protelidse 138 133. Proteles cristatus termes Heller 138 Family Hysenidse 139 134. Hyeena hyaena schillingsi Matschie 139 135. Hyaena hysena bergeri Matschie 139 136. Hysena dubia Schinz 140 137 Crocuta crocuta germiuans (Matschie) , 143 138. Crocuta crocuta fisi Heller 145 139. Crocuta crocuta leontiewi (Satuniu) 145 Family Felidse 150 140. Acinonyx jubatus raiueyi Heller 151 141. Acinonyx jubatus velox Heller 152 142. Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii (Fitzinger) 152 143. Felis leo massaica Neumann 155 144. Felis leo nyanzae Heller 163 145. Felis leo somaliensis Noack 164 146. Felis leo roosevelti Heller 165 147. Felis pardus pardus Linnaeus 170 148. Felis pardus chui Heller 170 149. Felis pardus suahelica Neumann 171 150. Felis fortis Heller 175 151. FeUs capensis hindei Wroughton 175 152. Felis ocreata nandae Heller 178 153. Felis ocreata taitse Heller 178 154. Felis torquata Cuvier 178 155. Lynx caracal nubicus (Fischer) 180 Explanation of plates , 181 Index 187 . LIST Of ILLUSTRATIONS. TEXT FIGURES. 1 Map of Africa wdth shaded area showing the region covered by this report. 12 2. OroBS section of zygomatic arch of wild-killed lion ekiiU 159 3. Cross section of zygomatic arch of park-reared lion skull 159 PLATES. Facing pago. 1. Map of Eastern Equatorial Africa 1 2. Mounted hyenas in United States National Museum 140 3. Palatal views of skulls of Hyxna 1'12 4. Group of mounted East African lions in United States
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