. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. New mammal records from Oman 75 animal, captured in April 1985, died in the Centre on 14 January 1988 and was therefore at least 3 years old. The young adult female was born (of the wild caught parents) in the Centre on about 1 April 1987 and died on 13 March 1988. The external features were compared with the coloration of a flat skin of V. ruep- pelli (HZM. , male, 40 km west of Badanah, Saudi Arabia) and with a skin of V. cana from Israel (TAU 7-874, parents
. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. New mammal records from Oman 75 animal, captured in April 1985, died in the Centre on 14 January 1988 and was therefore at least 3 years old. The young adult female was born (of the wild caught parents) in the Centre on about 1 April 1987 and died on 13 March 1988. The external features were compared with the coloration of a flat skin of V. ruep- pelli (HZM. , male, 40 km west of Badanah, Saudi Arabia) and with a skin of V. cana from Israel (TAU 7-874, parents from En Gedi). It was noted that the blackish mid-dorsal spinal crest which is a marked feature of the specimen from Israel is less evident in the example from Dhofar, although the black tail crest and tip is equally developed. This feature could be individual variation or denote a subspecific difference between these remote and isolated populations. The skull of V. cana is notably small and delicate and although there is some overlap in size with V. rueppelli it is distinguishable from that species by the very delicate and relatively slender rostral region (Plate 1). The braincase is small and nar- row anteriorly and the palate strikingly narrow. More material is clearly needed to clarify the cranial characters in relation to V. rueppelli and to study geographical variation in the region. The available external and cranial measurements, in mm., of the two V. cana (ONHM 1000 & ONHM 952) from Oman and an adult male (BM. ) from Turbat, Baluchistan, included for comparative purposes, are given below in respective order: Total length 760, 735, —; tail 360, 350, —; forearm 60, 60, —; hind foot 101, 97, —; ear 80, 76, —; greatest length of skull , , ; condylobasal length , , ; zygomatic breadth , , —; breadth of braincase , , ; interorbital constriction , , ; maxillary cheekteeth C-M2 , , ;
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