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SCIURUS POOLII. 



described sides of the body; underparts of a much lighter 

 color, so the inside of legs, meanwhile the outside of the 

 legs is of the color of the sides of the body. Head very 

 short behaired, each hair mouse-color with greenish yellow 

 tip; round eyes a light ring; lips broadly with pure white 

 like chin. Tail round; each hair of a dark mouse-color, 

 broadly ringed and tipped with greenish yellow. 

 Measurements of the skull in millimeters: 



Basilar length 33 



Basal length 36 



Condylo-basal length 38.5 



Condylo-basilar length 36 



Palatal length 20 



Palatilar length 17.5 



Greatest breadth of skull .... 25 

 Length of upper molar series ... 7 

 Length of lower molar series ... 8 



Length of nasalia 11 



Diastema 11 



Incisors orange yellow; anterior to the four molars there 

 is in the left ramus of the upper jaw a very small tooth, 

 of which there is no trace to be seen in the right jaw. 



ISTotes from the Leyden IMuseuna, Vol. XXVIII. 



