Field notes, v1430
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Tom Larson Collected Nov. 3, 1950 Serongo, Ngamiland Rhodesia Baboon Comatus chobiensis Genus species - Papio grisipes Subfamily - Cercopitheciinae Family - Cercopithecidae Super family - Cercopithecoidea Suborder - ANTHROPOIDEA Order - PRIMATES KM- 107644, 1 June 1938, Kayungula, E. Caprivi, 3030', S. Bank of Yambese, N. Bechuanaland, 100, 625, 195, 50. Desc - Above a streaky blackish, brownish rusty yellow all blended together, below more grey, face black, nails black, pads black, tail 2/3 length of body, lone spot behind tail, hair on legs above yellow-brown. Own Notes Got this species at Seronga, Ngamiland, Bechuanaland. Seronga is a Bayeyi and Mambu Bushu native village on one of the swamp islands of the D. Kavango River Delta. This country is intermixed with lagoons, branches of the river, swamps, grassy meadows, and occasional trices of land. Any land that rises above the marshes is entirely of sand. The meadows are thickly swept out with grasses and reeds; the slightly higher lands are covered with