SCIURUS. 7 



I. Three white or reddish stripes reaching anteriorly as 

 far as the shoulders only ; ventral surface pale ex- 

 cept the rump; skull long and narrow, \2^ by "85 

 inches S.tristriatus, p. 25. 



^. Lateral stripes very obscure ; ventral surface chestnut ; 

 no anterior upper premolars ; skull short and round- 

 ed, 1-3 by -95 inches. . . S. layardi, p. 26, 



k"^. Rump and under side of the tail with no traces of 

 red. 



m. Three dorsal stripes well marked, reaching forward 

 anteriorly to the nape ; body about seven inches ; 

 fur harsh and light coloured. 



S. palmarum, p. 24. 



. m^. Three dorsal stripes very obscure, not reaching for- 

 ward anteriorly to the nape of the neck; body 

 about five inches in length ; fur very soft and 

 rather dark . . S. sublineatus, p. 26. 



Sciurus bicolor. 



Var. A. — typicus. 



Sciurus bicolor, Sparrman Gotheborg Wetens. Sevensk, Handl., i, p. 70 

 (1778)*; Horsfield Zool. Res., with plate; Mailer and Schlegel, Tetn. 

 Verhandl., pp. 85,88; BlythJ. A. S.B.,x, p. 919; Cantor y. A. S.B.,xv, 

 p. 246 ; Blyth J. A. S. B, , xvi, p. 870 ; Blyth Cat., no. 309, p. 99 [pt.] ; An- 

 derson Anat. Zool. Res-, p. 215; Jentink Notes Leyd. Mus., \, p. 108; 

 Thomas P. Z. S., 1886, pp. 67,75; Anderson, J. Linn. Sor., xxi, p. 340; 

 Jentink Notes Leyd. Mus., xi, p. 27. 



Sciurus javensis, Zimmert)mn Geograph. Gesch., ii, p. 342 (1780); Blyth 

 J. A. S. B., xvi, p. 870; Gray P. Z. S., 1861, p. 137. 



Sciurus albiceps, Desmarest N. Diet. Hist. Nat,, x, p. 105 (1817); Jentink 

 Notes Leyd. Mus., v, p. 1 10. 



Sciurus lesciienaltii, Desmarest Mamm., p. 335 (1820); Horsfield Zool. 

 Res. 



Sciurus affinis. Raffles Linn. Trans., x\ii, p. 259 (1822); Blyth Ann. Mag. 

 N. H., XX, p. 314. 



Sciurus hypoleucus, Horsfield Zool. Res. (1824) ; Miiller and Schlegel Tern. 

 Verhandl , p. go ; Blyth J. A. S. B., xvi, p. 870 ; id. Cat., no. 310, p. 99. 



Sciurus auriventer. Is. Geoff. St. Hit. Mag. de Zool. (1832)*; id. Zool. 

 Voy. aux. Ind. Orient. Belanger, 1834, p. 150; Blyth J. A. S. B.,yiv\, 

 p. 870. 



Sciurus humeralis. Colon Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Neufcha., i, p. 122, pi. viii 



(1835). 

 Sciurus ephippium, Miiller and Schlegel Tern. Verhandl., p. 91, pi. xiii 



(1838-44); Blyth Cat., no. 311, p. lOO. 

 Sciurus rubiventer, Miiller and Schlegel Tern. Verhandl., p. 86 



(1838-44). 

 Macroxus bicolor. Gray Ann. Mag. N. H. (3), xx, p. 276 (1867) [pt.] 

 Macroxus ephipium, Gray Ann. Mag., N. H. (3), xx, p. 276(1867). 



