LONG-EARED SQUIRREL.— ^SaVy//^ Macrotis. 



OiNE of the most striking forms among tlic members of the genus Sciiirns is 

 seen in the Long-eared Squirrel. This remarkable species is found in BDrneo 

 and there is a tolerably good specimen in the collection of the British Museum. 

 Although it is called the Long-eared Squirrel, its title is not due to the length of 

 the ears, which are in reality hardly longer than those of an ordinary Squirrel, 

 but to the very long hair-tufts with which those organs are decorated. The 

 fringe of hair which adorns the ears is about two inches in length, of a glossy 

 blackish-brown colour, and stiff in textm-e. The colour of the back and exterior 

 of the limbs is a rich chestnut-brown, which fades into paler fawn along the flanks, 

 and is marked by a single dark longitudinal stripe, extending from the fore to 

 the hinder limbs. This dark band is narrow at each end, but of some Avidth in 

 the centre. The inside of the limbs is a pale chestnut, and the paws are jettv 

 black. The tail is remarkably bushy, reminding the spectator of a fox's " brush," 

 and is generally of the same colour as the back, but grisled with yellowish-white 

 hairs, which are thickly sown among those of the darker hue. 



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