'116 SCIURUS SYRIACUS. 



and believes that it should be regarded as synonymous 

 with Sciitrus vulgaris. 



Besides the several differences between Sciurus vulgaris 

 and Sciurus lis summed up by Temminck, I add that 

 meanwhile the hairs of the tail of Sciurus vulgaris always 

 are tipped with red or black , the same parts of Sciurus 

 lis constantly are tipped with whitish. 



There are two upper premolars. 



The indigenous name of this Squirrel is not lis as Tem- 

 minck wrote , but risu. 



Hab. Japan. 



Mounted specimens in the Leyden Museum : 

 1. Adult male, Japan, Jeddo , v. Siebold. — 2. Adult 

 female, Japan , Burger. — 3. Adult specimen , Japan , Burger. 

 4. Skull of N« 1. — 5. Skull of N" 2. 

 Nos 2 and 3 have unpencilled ears. 



Sciurus syriacus. 



1828. Sciurus syriacus Ehrenberg. Symbolae physicae. Dec. 



I. Tab. 8. 

 1831. Sciurus caucasicus Pallas. Zoographica Rosso- Asiatica. 



T. I. p. 186. 

 1843. Taurus rwssa^Ms Wagner. Schreber's Saugethiere. Sup- 



plem. Bd. III. p. 155. 

 1867. Sciurus historicus Gray. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 



p. 273. 

 1876. Sciurus fulvus Blanford. Eastern Persia. T. II. p. 



49. PL IV. fig. 1. 

 See also : Sciurus anomalus Giildenstadt , Sciurus persicus 

 Gmelin and perhaps Sciurus leucocephalus Gray. 



Ears with short pencils. Lowerparts yellowish white to 

 golden yellow. One upper premolar. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. V. 



