NO. 1498. 



MAMMALS OF BANK A AND BILLITON—LYON. 



591 



it in comparing it with S. melanops^ in wliich the shoulder is not 

 grizzled. In pattern and color <5. vtendanauus. is nearly identical with 

 xS. Ixinghanus; the shoulder in the latter is lighter and in some speci- 

 mens inclining to grayish, but the Banka squirrel is much larger. See 

 table, page .591. 



External and cranial measurements of tSciurns hangkanus and of Schirun mendanauas. 



a Type. 6 Alcoholic. 



SCIURUS TEDONGUS, new species. 



1888. Sciurus hadjing Jentink, Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Pays-Bas, XII, Cat. Syst. 



Mammiferes. 

 1905. Sciurus notatus Willink, Natuurkuiidig Tijdschrift Nederlandsoh-Indie, 



LXV, p. 240. 



T(/j)e.— Adult male, skin and skull. Cat. No. 121717, U.S.N. M., col- 

 lected at Tanjong Tedong, island of Banka, east of Sumatra, June 1, 

 1901, by Dr. W. L. Abbott. Original number 3285. 



DicKjnostic characters. — Similar to Sciurus peninsularis Miller, from 

 the Malay Peninsula and eastern Sumatra, but white and black stripes 

 along side not so broad and clear. Outer surface of legs and upper 

 surface of f^et with a slight sutiusion of the orange-rufous of the 

 underparts, found to a slight extent only in S. peninsularis., and to 

 the same extent in S. hiJlitonus. Differs from S. hnHtoiius only in 

 shorter length of maxillary tooth row and tendency for tip of tail to 

 be redder. 



Color. — Type: Upper, parts and tail a fine grizzle of black and 

 ochraceous-buff', inclining toward olive-butt' on the tail, the two colors 

 in about equal proportions. Underparts and inner surface of legs 

 ochraceous rufous. A slight wash of this color extends on the outer 

 surface of the legs, becoming marked on the upper surface of the feet. 

 Lateral stripes as in Sciurus vlftatus (comparison with specimens from 



