38 scHRUs cF/rii-is. 



1867. Man'o.riia qetulKs Gray. Ann. and Mag. of Nat. 

 Hist. XX. p. 331; Xerus trivittatus Gray. 1. c. 

 p. 334; Xerus setosus Gray. I.e. p. 333 (par- 

 tim). Funamhalus getulus Fitzinger. Sitzli. d. K. 

 Akad. d. Wissensch. I. p. 33; Xerus trivittatus 

 Fitzinger. 1, c. p. 36 ; Xerus praetextus Fitzin- 

 ger. 1. e. p. 36. — Xerus trivittatus Gray = Sciurus 

 getulus Linnaeus. Sclater. Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, p. 817. Note. 

 1881. Spermosciurus congicnis Trouessart. Catalogue des 

 Rongeurs viv. et foss. p. 84 (partim); Sper- 

 mosdurus getulus Trouessart 1. c. p. 85. 

 Fur short, flattened and harsher to the touch than 

 in the other species oi this genus. The ears very small. 

 Upper incisors grooved. 



Upper parts and sides of head , back and outside of legs , 

 except the feet , black , ringed with brownish yellow. A stripe 

 running on each side of the back from above the shoulder 

 to the upper parts of the thigh , chin , throat and feet 

 white throughout. On the middle of the back along the 

 spine is an indistinct pale colored stripe. Sides of the 

 body , belly and inside of legs mouse-colored , largely tipped 

 with white. Sometimes the stripe along the spine , the 

 hind parts of the body and outside of legs of a more 

 reddish brown color. Root of tail above same color as back. 

 Hairs of tail dirty white with one or two black rings. 



Whiskers black. Eyes surrounded by a whitish circle. 

 The earconch scarcely perceptible. 



m. m. 



Length of head and body 256 



» » tail Avith tuft (very iueomplete) . . . 140 



» » hind foot 50 



» -» skull (incomplete) about 48 



Width between the jugalia (incomplete) . . » 31 



» » » orbits (incomplete) . . » 15 



Length of upper molar series 10 



Distance between incisor and first upper molar . 10.25 



Notes from the I^eyden M.ustcum, Vol. IV. 



