412 BURMA, JT.'S rEuri.E AM) riiODCCTWSS. 



Manis, Litmceus. 

 The scaly ant-eater or Pangolin. Then-klnvae-ghyat (gcnerie). 

 M. ATJEITA, Ilodg. 



15 to 18 longitudinal rows of scales on the trunk, and 16 to 20 plates on the 

 mesial line on the tail. The middle fore claw nearly twice as long as the correspond- 

 ing hind claw. Colour vcr)* dark brown. 



llanges from the Himalayas to Jihamo and Eastern China. 



M. Javanica, Desmarest. 



M. leptura and leucura, Blyth. 



Body and tail longer and more attemiated than in its allies. 19 longitudinal 

 rows on the trunk and 30 along the tail. Fore claws not much longer than the hind. 

 Colour dark olive-brown. 



Ranges from .Arakan to llergui, and from Silhet to Bhamo, and the lower spurs 

 of the Kaklij^en Ilills, not ranging so high as M. aurita. 



Dr. Mason remarks that another species is not rare in the south, which is not 

 characterized by a whitish tail, and this may be, as Blyth suggests, /'. aurita, Hodgson. 

 Another doubtful species is recorded by Mason. " The Bghais describe a second 

 species, small and thin, which they call Yo-be-hpyu, or small thin pangolin. It is 

 vciy desirable these species should be correctlj- ascertained. They lap water freely, 

 and one that was sent to ilr. Blyth alive, ate heartily of a mess of chopped meat and 

 egg and boiled rice. The Burniaus believe that this creature has the power of calling 

 persons by name, from the jungle. If the person so called answers, he will die within 

 the year." 



Order RODENTIA. 



The rodents are chiefly characterized by their teeth. The incisor teeth or 

 rodential tusks (really homologous witli the canine teeth of other animals), have 

 a thin layer of enamel in front, often coloured yellow or bi'ownish, supported by a 

 thicker layer of dentine, softest anterioi'ly, so that the tooth is always kept with 

 a shaiij chisel edge, by the wearing away of part behind. They arc prolific animals, 

 and construct nests, like birds, for the reception and seciuity of their progeny, which 

 attain maturity in a year or less. 



Family Sciuridae. 



Habits arboreal. Tail bushy and long. Clavicles perfect. 



SciUEDs, Linnceus. 



I. fr; R.T. I; P.M. -i; M. f. 



S. oroANTEUs, MacClelland. 

 S. macrtiroides, Hodg. 



The large black squirrel. Le-hyuk. 



Colour above, black or blackish-brown. Beneath, and inside the limbs, fulvous 

 ■white. A black cheekband. Cheeks fulvous grey, with a large triangular patch. 

 A rusty red spot between the cars, which are sometimes densely tufted. 



Head and body 15 inches ; tail 16. 



Tliore is, remarks Blyth, a local race m Tenasserim with a broad pale baud across 

 the loins forming a kiud of cincture. 



Kauges from Sikkim into Burma as far south as Tenasserim. 



S. FEHRUOINKUS, F. CuV. 



S. Finhiyxoni, Horsf. 

 8. Keraudrtni, Reynaud. 

 S. Germani, A. M. Edw. 

 <S\ Bocourti, A. jr. Edw. 

 *S'. leucogader, A. M. Edw. 



