SCIURUS SYRFACUS, 117 



Hab. Southern Russia and Southern Siberia, the Cauca- 

 sus and Georgia , Asia minor , Syria , Arabia and Persia. 



Mounted specimens in the Leyden Museum: 

 1. Adult male, South-Russia. — 2 and 3. Adult speci- 

 mens , the Caucasus , Brandt. — 4. Adult female , Siberia , 

 March 1871, Verdey, 1873. — 5. Adult specimen , Syria , 

 from the Paris-Museum, 1868. — 6 and 7. Adult male 

 and young female, Asia minor, Aidin, November and 

 June 1876, Schliiter, 1878. — 8 and 9. Adult male and 

 young female, Smyrna, 15 January 1872 and 11 May 

 1871, Kriiper. — 10. Young specimen, Smyrna, v. Heu- 

 glin. — 11. Adult individual, Arabia, from the Berlin- 

 Museum. Received s. n. Sciurus libicut<. 



12. Skull of N« 2. — 13. Skull of N» 5. - 14. Skull 

 of N« 8. — 15. Skull of N" 9. 



16. Adult male, Asia minor , Schneider , 1878 (in spirits). 



Among our specimens of this species I found the Squir- 

 rel described by Kuhl (Beitrage zur Zoölogie, 1820. p. 

 68) under the name Sciurus anomalus. His description 

 clearly shows that he had not a true Sciurus syidacas be- 

 fore him, for he described it as follows:" Latere inferior! , 

 internis extremitatum partibus, antibrachii et tarsorum 

 externis auriculisque vulpinis; latere superiori ex cineras- 

 centi , nigro rufoque vario , pilisque basi cinereis , deinde 

 flavo rufis , tum bruneo nigris , apice deuique flavorufis , 

 sed longioribus nigris. Cauda maxime Jioccosa , infra pul- 

 chre rufa, supra dorsi colore. Corpore 13, cauda 11 poll, 

 circa longis." This description agrees entirely with the 

 individual before me , and also agrees with the description 

 of Sciurus niger , var. ludovicianus. It is also not an In- 

 dian Squirrel as Kuhl thought, but an American which 

 may stand in our catalogue under the named specific title 

 (Vide supra p. 95). The locality is not Georgia in Asia as 

 was written upon the label, but Georgia in North-Ame- 

 rica. Sciurus syriacus moreover is a small species, measu- 

 ring: the body about 26 c. m. and the tail about 21 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseum , Vol. V. 



