Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

January 23

1838; Zoological Society of London; Volume: 6; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1096-3642.1838.tb01402.x

0370-2774

Richard Owen,

A selection of the Mammalia procured by Captain Alexander during his recent journey into the country of the Damaras, on the South West Coast of Africa, was exhibited, and Mr. Ogilby directed the attention of the Society to the new and rare species which it contained.Among the former were the Herpestes melanurus and Cynictis Ogilbiz of Dr. Smith, the Canis megalotis, &c.The latter consisted of five new species, which Mr. Ogilby characterized as follows:Macroscelides Alewandri.Fur long and fine, very dark blueblack at the root, but pointed with pale sandy-red above, and white beneath; ears pretty large, subelliptical, and red behind; whole under lip red; farsi white; tail long, hairy, and very much attenuated; length 53 inches; tail 4% inches.Macroscelides melanotis.Of a rather larger size than the former, with large head, dark brown or black ears, rather sandy under lip, dunnish white throat and abdomen, but pale reddish brown chest; colour of the upper parts much the same, but rather more ashy ; tarsi light brown; tail mutilated: length 6 inches., Chrysochloris Damarensis.Brown, with a silvery lustre both above and below; a yellowish white semicircle extends from eye to eye, under the chin, covering the whole of the cheeks, lips and lower jaw ; a very marked character which, as well as the peculiar shade of the colour, readily distinguishes it from the new species described by Dr. Smith: no tail: length 43 inches.Bathyergus Damarensis.A species intermediate in size between Capensis and Hottentotus: colour uniform reddish brown both above and below, with a large irregularly square white mark on the occiput, much larger than in Hottentotus, and another on each side of the neck just under the ears; these two meet on the throat, which is thus covered with dirty dunnish white; tail, a large flat stump covered with coarse reddish brown bristles, which stand out from it in all directions like radii; paws reddish brown: length 8} inches; tail } inch*, .