THE GIANT SQUIRRELS OF INDIA, BORMA & CEYLON. 883 



on body. (Western Ghats 



from Kanara to Bombay) ... (5) indica, Erxl (s.s.) 

 h-. Tail black : rumj) and 

 thighs blackish. (S. Granges 



Basin) (6) i. bengalensi.s, Blanf. 



C-. Tail black; forelegs, shoul- 

 ders, rump, hind legs and 

 oftenest a median dor*al line 



black (Malabar) (7) /. maxima^ Schreb. 



6. No white markings on tail or 

 head. Pale colour of inner side 

 of forelimbs never extending over 

 front of forearm. 

 «!. Colour above hlack (Assam, 



N. Burma) (8) gigantea, McCl. (s.s.) 



fti. Colour above dark brown 



(Nepal, Sikhim) (9) g. macruro ides, Hodg, 



11. Ears not tufted (Tenasserim, Lower Siam, Malay Peninsula, 



&c.) 

 A. — Shoulders, forelegs and thighs 

 black or at least dark brown. Pale 

 colour of inner side of forelimb 

 spreading over front of forearm — 

 a. Whole upper surface black. 

 a^ . Colour of lower surface paler, 

 ' ochraceous ' on belly, fading 

 to yellowish buflP on throat and 

 inner side of forelimbs. 

 a-. "i^kuU wider, zygomatic 

 breadth at least 44 mm. 

 a^. Size smaller (Hindfoot 

 = 74; Skull = 70) (Lower 

 Siam and Malay Penin- 

 sula) ..., (JO) 7nelanopepla, Mi\\.{8.s.) 



b^. Size larger (Hindfoot = 

 76;Skull=72)(Anambas 

 Islands) (11) m. anamficc, Mill. 



