6. Mammalia. II. Orders, Families and Genera. 257 



Fam. Sciuridae. 



Huet, M., Kecherches sur les Ecureuils Africains. in: Nouvelles Archives du Museum d'Hist. 

 Nat. 2 me Serie. Tome troisieme. 18SO. p. 131 158 and two coloured plates with four 

 figures. 



According to M. Huet the African Squirrels in the Paris Museum belong to the 

 following species. I. Genus Xerus : cayctws Thunberg , hiicoumbrinus Riippell, 

 cungicus Kuhl, yctulus\j., flavivittis Pet., rutilus Rtippell, fiavus Milne-Edwards 

 and a new species see infra). II. Genus Sciurus: Staugeri Waterh., mutabilis Pet.. 

 rufobrachiatus Waterh., palliatus Pet., ebii Tern., poensis Smith, annnlatKs Desm., 

 Aubryi Milne-Edwards, minutus du Chaillu, musculinus Temm., multicolor Riippell, 

 cepapi Smith, Isabella Gray, erythrogenys Waterh., pyrrhopus F. Cuv., and a new 

 species (see infra) . 

 Trouessart, E. L., Revision du genre Ecureuil (Sciurus). in: Le Naturaliste. 1 er Octobre 



1S80. p. 290293. 



He admits the following subgenera, viz: Eosciurus n. s. g. Trouessart, with 5 

 species Reithrosciurus Gray, with 2 sp. : Heterosciurus n. s. g. Trouessart. with 18 

 sp. : NannosciurusM. s. g. Trouessart, with 2 sp. : Futuimbulus Lesson, with 10 sp.: 

 Rhinosciiirus Gray, with 2 sp. : Sciurus str. sens., with 1 sp. : Neosciurus n. s. g. 

 Trouessart, with 5 sp. : Parascinrus n. s. g. Trouessart, with 1 sp. : Macroxtts 

 G. Cuvier, with G sp. : Echincsciurus n. s. g. Trouessart, with 3 sp. : Tamiasciurs 

 n. s. g. Trouessart, with 1 sp. : Hcliosriitrusn. s. g. Trouessart, with 11 sp. : Funi- 

 fifh/ms n. s. g. Trouessart, with 1. sp. : Spermosciurus Lesson, with 11 sp. : Geo- 

 sciurus H. Smith, with 2 sp. : Xerus Ehrenb. et Hemp., with 3 species. 

 Trouessart, E. L., Erratum a la Revision du Genre Ecureuil Scixnis;. in: Le Naturaliste. 



15 Novembre 1880. p. 315. 



He corrects some mistakes in the above named Revision and modifies as follows 

 the number of species in his subgenera : Heliosciunts Trt. with 16 sp. : Funisciurus 

 Trt. with I sp. : Spermosciurus Lesson with 4 sp. : Geosciums A. Smith with 2 

 sp. : Xerus Ehr. et Hemp, with 4 species. The three latter Subgenera constitute 

 the genus Xerus apud Huet, Alston, etc. 

 Sciurus ( Xerus ) fuscus n. sp., Huet, Nouv. Arch, du Mus'. d'Hist. nat. 2 me Serie. T. 3. 



1SSO. p. 139. pi. 6. fig. 1. Hab. the Adel Mountains, Abyssinia. 

 Sciurus ochraceus n. sp., Huet, Nouv. Arch, du Mus. d'Hist. iiat. 2 mo Se'rie. T. 3. 



1880. p. 154. pi. 7. fig. 2. Hab. Bagamoyo, Zanzibar. 

 Pteromys fimbr&tus Gray. Found on the Peiwar Kotal. E. R. Alston. Proc. Zool. 



Soc. London. 1879. p. 665. 



Anomalurus orientate n. sp. Peters. Hab. Zanzibar. Mouatsber. der k. Pr. Acad. d. 

 Wissensch. zu Berlin. Febr. 1880. p. 164 and a coloured plate. 



Fam. Arctomyidae. 



Arctomys hemachalanus Hodgsn. = A. himalayanus Hodgsn. = A. tibetanus Hodgsu. 

 = A. bobac Sclireb. (partim) Blyth = A. hemachalanus Blanf. = A. Hodgsoni 

 W. Blanford. Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1880. p. 453 and 154. 



Fam. Myoxidae. 



Thomas, Oldfield, On the Myoxus elegans of Temminck. in: Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1880. 

 p. 40. The specific name elegans being preoccupied by Ogilby, he renames Temrninck's 

 species and calls it Myoxus lasiotis. 



Fam. Castor idae. 



er in Norway, in : The 'i 

 501. 



Zoolog. Jahresbericht IsSO. IV. 



Cocks, Alfred Heneage, The Beaver in Norway, in : The Zoologist. June 1880. p. 233 237 

 and December 18SO. p. 497501. 



