Kaszab Zoltán (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 74. (Budapest 1982)

Demeter, A. ; Topál, G.: Ethiopian mammals in the Hungarian Natural History Museum

however, the specimen from the Danakil is saltiana, along with a very similar one with no locality data. They have curved premaxillae, subcircular orbita and horns with great number of crowded rings - although their nasals are quite different, one is short and with median oral emargination, the other skull has a rather long nasals with median oral lobe. The third skull has less curved premaxillae, dorsoventrally more depressed orbita and sparsely placed few rings on its horn. Specimens : "Abyssinia" (1 sex?, .S), Metahara (1 sex?, horns). Notes : Subspecific allocation was not possible for the specimen without definite locality data. The horns from Awash were found in a lava bubble cave. The Awash race can probably be attributed to the race berberana (CORBET & YALDEN, 1972), rather than G. s. erlangen', which ANSELL (1967) lists for the Awash Valley. This is also the locality where there is the greatest concentration of G. soemmeringi in Ethiopia. The collection reported by us consists of 417 specimens belonging to 78 species. Most of the species in the collection are ones that occur in Central Ethiopia only, if only because this is the area which has been the most intensively collected. A number of species endemic to the plateaux on either sides of the Great Rift Valley are included in this collection. Although Central Ethiopia, especially Shoa province has been visited also by many other mammalogists, a number of new locality records and several rare species of special interest have been found in the collection. The best represented of the larger orders is Carnivora, of which the collection includes nearly all the species known from the country (YALDEN & al., 1980). This is due to M. GAJDÁCS' special interest in carnivores. The least well represented order is Chiroptera, partly because most of the collectors responsible for the material concentrated their efforts on other mammals, partly because many of the 72 species of bats reported to occur in Ethiopia (LARGEN & al., 1974) are restricted in their distribution. The occurrence of Myotis bocagei in Ethiopia had been expected because of its occurrence in Aden (HARRISON, 1964); it is, however, surprising that the first record should have come from a locality right next to the capital. The taxonomic status of many of the genera already treated in the catalogue are badly in need of revision, a fact that is repeatedly stated by YALDEN & al. (1976 et seq.). The genus Crocidura has already been treated in two publications subsequent to the catalogue (DIPPENAAR, 1980; HUTTERER, 1980) differently from the conclusions of YALDEN & al. (1976). Among rodents, genera like Gerbillus, Mus, Praomys, Acomys and Arvicanthis should be given particular attention in future taxonomical reviews (SCHLITTER, pers. comm.). Undoubtedly, the task of satisfactorily arranging the Ethiopian species of these genera, as well as those of some carnivores, e. g. Genetta, Helogale and Herpestes (YALDEN & al., 1980) is made difficult by the inadequate status of many of the extralimital forms. Gazella soemmeringi (CRETZSCHMAR, 1826) DISCUSSION GAZETEER Locality Coordinates Altitude (m) Adola, Sidamo prov. Addis Ababa, Shoa prov. Akaki river, Addis Ababa, Shoa prov, Ambo, Shoa prov. Arba, Hararge prov. Assab, Eritrea prov. Awash Mountains, Dankali (? = Mount Fantalle, Shoa prov.) 05°55'N 09°02' N 08°58' N 08°57'N 09°01'N 13°01'N 38°53' E 38°45' E 38°47'E 37°57' E 40°25' E 42°43' E 2000 2500 2400 2140 1000 0 08°58' N 39°64' E 1000-1900