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the throat, and thence extending to the fore and 

 hind feet, and continued up the latter to the ori- 

 gin of the tail, which is rather long, and well 

 covered with hair, so disposed as to spread on 

 each side. He adds, that three specimens were 

 in the cabinet of Mr. Vincent, one of which he 

 was permitted to copy for his publication. His 

 figure is about the size of a common squirrel, and 

 is accurately represented, on a reduced scale, in 

 the present work. 



The only particular which appears to contradict 

 the supposition above mentioned is the anomalous 

 appearance of the teeth in the figure given by Seba, 

 which do not resemble those of other squirrels, 

 but rather those of the order Ferce. It is proba- 

 ble, however, since no mention is made of any 

 such particular in the description, that this cir- 

 cumstance mav have been merelv owing to inat- 



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tention on the part of the artist, and to that inac- 

 curacy in minute particulars so common at the 

 period of Seba's publication. 



On the other hand, supposing the teeth to be 

 accurately represented in Seba's figure, it is but 

 just to allow that it may be really a distinct spe- 

 cies, or may even form a separate genus, as dis- 

 tinct from that of Sciurus as the Colugo is from 

 that of Lemur. 



It is a native of Java, according to Linnaeus, 

 but Seba (perhaps erroneously) calls it a Virgin- 

 ian Squirrel. 



