36 SCI r RUS ROSENBERGII. 



NOTE xni. 



ON THREE NEW SQUIRRELS. 



1. ON A NEW SQUIRREL, SCIURUS ROSENBERGH, 



FROM THE SANGHI-ISLANDS. 



BY 



Dr. F. A. JENTINK. 



Dec. 1878. 



According to Mr. von Rosenberg , the untired explorer of 

 the Mohiccan region , the Saughi-islands are inhabited by 

 the following Mammalia, viz: bats, mice, one species of 

 Sus and none but one species of Sciurus. 



In the Leyden Museum there are now twelve specimens 

 of the latter species , which has hitherto remained undescri- 

 bed: they were collected by von Rosenberg (1864) and 

 Hoedt (1865 and 1866). 



Von Rosenberg states , that the Sanghi Fauna agrees 

 very well with the North-Celebian Fauna. From the lat- 

 ter locality several well defined species of Squirrels are 

 known and a priori this might lead us to expect that the 

 Sanghi-species was allied to one of the North-Celebiau 

 Squirrels. It is therefore very interesting that the species 

 in question is quite different from the Celebian species. 



The following species of Sciurus have been brought from 

 North-Celebes by different travellers: Sciurus erythromelas •, 

 Schlegelii , leucomus , rubriventer and murimis. According to 

 Gray ^) Sciurus ephippium (Verreaux) is also found in Cele- 



1) Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1867, p. 276. 



JVotes from tlie Leycleii Museum* 



