. Zoology of Egypt. mall delta atMarsa Durrur. Numerous herds of camels, goats, and sheep are grazed on thismaritime plain by their Arab owners. It is occasionally visited by ostriches from thesavannah country to the west. Rhinoceroses have been seen on it, and a speciesof wild ass (i Equus africanus) is well known in the neighbourhood of Tokar, wherea mountain bears its name. The usual tenants of the tehama and its slopes are thefollowing animals:—Erinaceus wt/riopicus, Hyama crocuta, II. striata, Proteles cristatus,Cards variegatus, C. famelicus, C. pallidus, Felis maniculata, F. caracal, F.
. Zoology of Egypt. mall delta atMarsa Durrur. Numerous herds of camels, goats, and sheep are grazed on thismaritime plain by their Arab owners. It is occasionally visited by ostriches from thesavannah country to the west. Rhinoceroses have been seen on it, and a speciesof wild ass (i Equus africanus) is well known in the neighbourhood of Tokar, wherea mountain bears its name. The usual tenants of the tehama and its slopes are thefollowing animals:—Erinaceus wt/riopicus, Hyama crocuta, II. striata, Proteles cristatus,Cards variegatus, C. famelicus, C. pallidus, Felis maniculata, F. caracal, F. serval,Mellivora capensis, Ictonyx zorilla, also Psammomys olesus, Gerbillus pyramidum,Isomys variegatus, Hystrix cristata, Gazella isabella, G. scemmerrivgi, and membersof the genera Genetta, Herpestes, Lepus, Xerus, and Acomys, with a diversity ofreptiles to be mentioned hereafter. The mountain-range running north from Suakin is separated from the spurs of the REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS OF EGYPT. Introd. Plate Wadi Gabait, Erba Mo
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