2.58 *S7/' T S. Raffles' s Descriptive Catalogue 



his Historii of Sumatra, under the name of HustrLv kmgicauda. 

 That figure is a good and accurate representation of the animal, 

 with the exception of the fore-feet being delineated as five-toed, 

 while in reality they are only four-toed, the place of the thumb 

 being supplied by a tubercle. The name longicauda is perhaps 

 objectionable, as the tail of this species is much shorter than that 

 of the II. fatciculata. It seems questionable whether the II . ma- 

 croura of Seba is really different from the Il.fasciciilata, and 

 whether two species are not confounded under it. 



M U S S V M A T R E X S I S . 



A drawing and specimen of an animal, which appears related 

 to the Mas Pilorides, was forwarded from Malacca by Major 

 Farquhar to the Asiatic Society at the same time with the Bintu- 

 rong. I am informed by him, that it is not uncommon at Ma- 

 lacca, and is perhaps to be found in most parts of the Malay 

 peninsula. It is called by the natives Dekan, jfo, and by Euro- 

 peans in India the Bamboo Rat, from its being found principally 

 about Bamboo hedges, and being said to live on their roots. 

 The body is about seventeen inches in length, ten inches in cir- 

 cumference, and the height at the shoulder about five. The 

 tail is six inches long, tapering, and blunt at the points, naked 

 and scaly. The body is covered with rough greyish hair, 

 brownish on the back. The head round and lighter coloured. 

 Incisors large, two in each jaw. Eyes small. Ears naked. 

 Fore-feet four-toed ; hind-feet with a short fifth toe. 



SCIURUS. 



Besides the Sciurus maximus, the Tupai Jinjang or Tankrawa, 

 £-«*»■ ^Jy of the Malays, and the S. bicolov or Java Squirrel, 

 which are frequent in the Malay islands, a third species, which 

 may be named 



SCIURUS 



