6 SCIURUS STANQERI. 



Sciurus annulatus and congicus live both in West and in 

 East Africa. The greatest number of species is found in 

 West Africa about two degrees North and South of the 

 Equator. 



In order to simplify the revision of the different species 

 I propose to divide them in the following groups : 



A. SquiiTels with a single very small stripe on each 

 side or without stripes on back or sides. 



B. Squirrels with two stripes on each side. 



C. Squirrels with several stripes on back and sides. 

 cc. Fur soft. 



j8. Fur harsher. 



A. Squirrels with a single very small stripe on each side 

 or without stripes on back or sides. 



Sciurus stangeri. 



1842. Sciurus stangeri Waterhouse. Proc. Zool. Soc. 



London, p. 127 ; Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 



X. p. 202. 

 1849. Sciurus stangeri Fraser. Zoologia typica. Plate 23. 

 1853. Sciurus caniceps Temminck (non Gray). Esquisses 



sur la cote de Guiué. 1^ partie. p. 127. 



1860. Sciurus nordhoffi Du Chaillu. Proc. of the Boston 



Soc. of Nat. Hist, p. 363; Sciurus eborivorus 

 Du Chaillu. 1. c. p. 363; Sciurus subalbidus 

 Du Chaillu. 1. c. p. 365. 



1861. Sciiit^s nordho^i, eborivorus and subalbidus Gray. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 276. 



1867. Macroxus stangeri Gray. Ann. and Mag. of Nat. 

 Hist. XX. p. 326 ; Macroxus caniceps Gray (not 

 Gray 1842), 1. c. p. 327; Macroxus rufobra- 

 chiatus Gray. 1. c. p. 328 (partim). 



1874. Sciurus calliurus (Buchholz) W. Peters. Mouatsber. 

 d. K. Pr. Akad. d. Wissch. Berlin, p. 707. 



1876. Sciurus calliurus Peters. Monatsb. d. K. Pr. Ak. 

 d. Wiss. p. 476. pi. L 



Note» froiTi the Leyden ^Museum, "Vol. IV. 



