XERUS RUTILUS. il 



A. Ear-coach developed. Skull elongate and small. 



B. No ear-coQcli. Skull short and broad. 



A. Ear-conch developed. Skull elongate and small. 



X e r u s r u t i I u s. 



182G. Sciurus rutilus Cretzschraar. Atlas zu der Reise 

 im nördl. Afrika. Erste Abth. Zoölogie, p. 59 , 

 Taf. 24. 

 1828. Sciurus brachyotus Hemprich und Ehrenberg. Sym- 



bolae physicae. Dec. I. Taf. 9. 

 1836. Sciurus (Spermosciurus) simplex Lesson, flistoire 



Nat. des Mammif. T. V. p. 402. 

 1843. Xerus rutilans Gray. List of the specimens of 

 Mammalia in the coll. of the British Museum, 

 p. 144. 

 1861. Xerus dahagdla v. Heuglin. Petermann's Mitthei- 

 lungen. p. 17. — Nova acta Ac. Caes. Leop. 

 p. 4. pi. 11. fig. 3. 

 1867, Xerus Jiavus Alph. Milne Edwards (non Linné). 



Revue et Magazine de Zoölogie, p 229. 



1880. Xerus fuscus Huet. No uvelles Archives du Muséum. 



Deuxième Serie. p. 139. pi. VI. fig. 1. — Xerus 



Jiavus Alph. Milne Edwards (non Linn.). 1. c. 



p. 140. pi. YI. fig. 2. 



Hairs of the upper parts and sides of the body , outside 



of the "legs and fore and hind feet uniformly colored. Each 



hair is straw-colored with a white tip; the side of the 



hairs turned towards the body is white and glossy. The 



under parts of the body and inside of legs are pure white. 



The hairs of the tail have the same color as those of the 



upper parts of the body, but here each hair is embellished 



with four pure white rings and a tip of the same color, 



this white tip growing longer towards the apex of the tail. 



Out and inside of the ears with very short hairs. A pure 



white circle surrounds the brown eyes. Whiskers black. 



N"otes frona the Lej'den ]VJuseum, Vol. IV. 



