386 



Size small. Naked sole of hind foot not extending quite to heel ; 

 outer posterior pad of hind foot oval, short, more distal in position 

 than the long linear inner pad. Fur soft and dense. 



Colour. Upper parts dull brown, finely speckled ; middle of 

 back deeper brown, with three indistinct narrow pale lines, closer 

 together and shorter than in 8. palmarum and its allies, and only 

 extending in general from behind the shoulder to the loins. Dor- 

 sal hair leaden black at the base, then jet-black, with one or two 

 whitish or orange rings. Lower parts pale brown, more or less 

 rufescent, or dull grey. Tail-hairs with alternating orange or 

 whitish and black rings of subequal length, 3 or 4 of each colour. 



Dimensions. Head and body 5 inches, tail with hair rather more, 

 hind foot 1-2 ; zygomatic breadth of skull O7. 



Distribution. The mountains of Southern India, "Wyiiaad, Nilgiri, 

 Palni, Travancore &c., and Ceylon. Found as far north as Coorg. 

 Not recorded from the Sbevaroys. According to Kelaart this 

 squirrel is not found in Ceylon below 3000 ft. elevation. 



This also is a forest animal, but, despite its stripes, has probably 

 O ut little affinity with S. palmarum and its allies. 



257. Sciurus macclellandi. The striped Himalayan Squirrel. 

 Sciurus macclellandi, Horsfield, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 152 ; Blyth, 

 J. A. S. II. xvi, p. 875; id. Cat. p. 107; Jerdon, Mam. p. 173; 

 Anderson, An. Zool. Res. p. 203 ; Thomas, P. Z. 8. 1886, pp. 61, 71. 

 Sciurus pembertoni, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi, p. 887. 

 Sciurus barbel, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xvi, p. 875, pi. xxxvi, f. 3 (1847) ; 

 id. Cat. p. 107; id. Mam. Birds Burma, p. 38; Stanford. 

 J. A. S. B. xl ii, pt. 2, p. 164. 



Sciurus macclellandi, var. swinhoei, M-Edw. Rech. Mam. p. 308. 

 Ears covered outside with long hair forming a pencil. Tail with 

 long hair below, but less bushy than in most squirrels. Three 

 pairs of mammae, ventral and inguinal, the anterior pair nearer to 

 the axil than to the groin. 



Colour of upper parts dull greyish brown lighter or darker ; a 

 well-marked black stripe down the middle of the back with a pale 

 band, ill-marked in Northern specimens, on each side ; outside this 

 again is a broad dark band, brown in Himalayan specimens, black 

 in lenassenm ; again outside this is a broad pale buff or whitish band 

 extending from the muzzle down each side of the head, neck, and 

 body, and m some Tenasserim skins this pale band has an outer 

 black border. Dorsal hairs black at the base. Hair on outside of 

 ears black, the hairs on the tips of the ears with long white 

 terminations. Lower parts varying from whitish or pale brown 

 D -butt or pa e rufous or dull grey. Tail with alternating rufous, 

 whitish, and black rings, usually rufous at the base, then black, then 

 rutous, then a long subterminal black space and a whitish tip. 



Dimensions. Head and body 4-5 to 5 inches, tail without hair 

 ^/o to 5, with hair 5 to 6, hind foot from heel 1-1. Weight 

 about 2-o oz A Sikhim skull measures in extreme length 1'35, 

 basal length 1-1, zygomatic breadth 0'8 



