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(Black Sleader Mongoose)
Myonax nigratus
KM - 14451 ♀, 9 July 1939, E Congo
Damel - Ost 5.W.Afr. W. Koesch,
317, 365, 69, 29.
Desc - same size as Reddy-mongoose,
black above, dark brownish black on
sides, below dark brown, tail as
long as body, medium bushy, black,
Cheeks dark brown as below.
(Kenya Sleader Mongoose)
Myonax couui suiormayi.
KM - 14466 ♀, 1.10.32, the E. Surv.
Coffee Estates : Kenya Colony, B.E.A.
Lt. Col: H.F. Stoneham, O.B.E. no measurements,
Desc - dark grizzled brown above, sides
lighter, below brown (slightly rusty),
tail 3/4 length of body, tip black,