SCIURUS PUNCTATUS. 21 



Upper parts closely puuctulated with black aud white, 

 under parts dirty yellow, bi-colored. 



Hairs of the head above , upper parts and sides of the 

 body and outside of legs brownish black with two white 

 rings, except those of the feet which have but a single 

 white ring. Root and body of the tail with four white 

 and four black rings , the points being always white. The 

 hindmost part of the back and the tail towards its apex 

 darker colored, the apex is black throughout with a Hght 

 brown tinge. Chin , throat , chest , belly and inside of Umbs 

 dirty yellow , light brown at the base of the hairs. 



The young individual , collected by Dr. Livingstone , shows 

 head and extremities lighter colored, but on the back the 

 hairs have a reddish brown hue , with a broad whitish yel- 

 low subterminal ring. The under parts bear a lighter color. 

 Whiskers black. Ears covered with short hairs. 



m. m. 



Length of head and body. 250 



» » tail with tuft 290 



» » » without tuft 220 



„ » hind foot 57 



» » skull (incomplete) ...... about 56 



Width between the jugalia 32 



» » » orbits 18 



Length upper molar series 11 



Distance between incisor and first upper molar. . 12.2 

 There are four molars in each jaw. The smooth incisors 

 orange colored. 



Hab. Shire-river (Dr. Livingstone). 

 No specimens in the Leyden Museum. 

 This species cannot be confounded with Sciurus annula- 

 tus as it presents a wholly different mode of coloration 

 and as it is distinct from the other East African larjje sized 

 Squirrels by having four molars in each jaw. 

 Sciurus punctatus. 

 1853. Sciurus punctatus Temminck. Esquisses Zool. sur 

 la cote de Guine. Ic partie. p. 138. 

 Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. IV, 



