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southwards, the islands of Sumatra, Java and Borneo, also Siam 

 and Formosa. 



a-b. 2 Skins Siam [Finlayson] India Mus., London, 



c. Stuffed Malacca Rev. F. Lindstedt (1845), A.S.B. 



(^. Stuffed juv. „ Rev, F. Lindstedt (1845), A.S.B. 



f. Stuffed W. Rutledge (1872). 



Genus SCIUROPTERUS. 



Sciuropterus, F. Cuvier Mem. Mus, Paris, x, p. 116 (1823). 



iLey of the Indian Species. 

 a. Larger forms, length without tail more than 7" 5 inches. 



b. Pale grayish above ; outer edge of hind-foot provided with 

 a thick brush of hairs extending from the tarsal joint to the 

 base of the 5th toe ; skull long and narrow, 1-95 inches 

 long by 1*55 inches broad . S. fimbriatus, p. 37- 



b'^. Rather darker above ; no brush to the hind-feet, which are 

 much smaller than in S. fimbriatus ; skull smaller and 

 broader, 1*45 inches long by i"i5 inches broad. 



S. alboniger, p. 38. 



b^. Grayish above, with black tufts of hair at the base of the 

 posterior margin and the external surface of the upper angle 

 of the ear ; teeth ridged. S. fuscocapillus, p. 39. 



b*. Above rufus ; tail short, 5 inches ; ears with tufts of long hair 

 at the anterior and po'sterior angles of the ear-conch ; tail 

 rather bushy. . . . S. pearsoni, p. 38. 



b^. Resembling the last in size, but of a lighter grayish colour, 

 with markedly distichous tail and no ear tufts. 



S. sagitta, p. 39- 



a^. Much smaller, about 5 1 inches long with tail ; above rufus; 

 tail above brown, below at base rufous. 



S. spadaceus, p. 40. 



Sciuropterus fimbriatus. 



Sciuropterus fimbriatus, Grav Charlesiv. Mag. N. H., \, p. 584 (1837) ; 



\d.P.Z.S., 1837, p. 67; Blyth J. A.S. B.,-x.v\,^. 866; Horsfield Cat. 



E. I. Mus.f p. 163 ; Blyih J. A. S.B., xxviii, p. 278; id. Cat., no. 298, 



p. 96; Jerdon Mamm., p. 178 ; Scully P. Z, S., 1881, p. 204; id. Ann. 



Mag. N. H. (5), viii, p. 98 . 

 Pteromys leachii, Gray P. Z. S., p. 88 (1836) ; id, Charlesw. Mag. N. H., 



i, p. 584. 

 Pteromys fimbriatus, Anderson Anat. Zool. Res., p. 296 (1878). 



Distrihutiojt. — Nor(h-west Himalayas from Gilgit to Kumaon. 



