126 MAMMALIA. GLIRES. 



S. magnicaudatus, Harlan. Fur mixed gray and black ; sides of 

 the head and orbits pale ferruginous ; tail large. Canada. 

 Faun. Amer. 178. 



S. Clarkii, Griff. Fur silvery gray above ; shoulders, flanks, and 

 belly white, with an ochry tint ; tail flat, terminating in a point. 

 N America. Griff. Syn, 255. 



S. maximus, Desm. Upper part of the head, flanks, and legs purple 

 chestnut colour, with a black transverse stripe on the shoulders ; 

 lower part of the back, loins, and tail black ; under part of the 

 body and interior of the limbs pale yellow. Fifteen inches long. 

 Malabar Shaw, ii. pi 146. 



S. Ceylonensis, Desm. Fur black above, yellow below ; tail gray. 

 Ceylon Penn. Ind. Zool. pi. 1. 



S. Madagascariensis, Shaw. Fur deep black above ; throat and bel- 

 ly yellowish-brown ; tail black. Eighteen inches long. Mada- 

 gascar. Buff. Suj)p. vii. pi. 63. 



S. Prevostii, Desm. Fur black above, yellow on the flanks, chestnut 

 below ; tail brown. India. 



S. Leschenaultii, Desm. Fur clear brown ; head, throat, and belly 

 yellowish white ; tail brown above, yellowish below. About a 

 foot long. There is a darker coloured variety. Java. Mam. 335. 



S. bicolor, Desm. Fur deep brown or blackish above, clear fawn- 

 coloured below j eyes surrounded with a black circle ; ears not 

 pencilled. Java. Schreb. t. 216. 



S. bilineatus, Geoff. Fur gray, with a longitudinal white line on 

 each side. Seven inches long. Java. 



S. affinis, Raffles. Fur ash gray above, nearly white beneath, with 

 a reddish brown line on each side. Sumatra. Lin. Trans, xiii. 



S. nigrovittatus, Horsfield. Fur gray brown above ; edges of the 

 abdomen and circle round the eyes paler ; gray beneath, with a 

 lateral black line ; tail longer than the body, annulated with black. 

 Java. Zool. Jav. 



S. tennis, Horsfield. Fur variegated with deep-gray and black ; 

 lateral edge gray, yellowish gray below ; tail annulated with black. 

 India. Zool. Jav. 



S. Finlaysonii, Horsfield. Fur milk white ; back yellowish ; eyes, 

 whiskers, and soles of the feet black. Java. Horsf. Zool. Java. 



S. getuliiSj Desm. Brown above, with four longitudinal white lines 

 reaching to the tail. Five inches long. N.Africa. Shaw, ii.pl. 148. 



S.palmarum, Desm. Fur gray brown, with three longitudinal bands 

 of a pale white, the two lateral terminating at the eyes. India 

 Buff. x. pi. 26. 



* * Tail round, distichous only at the extremity. 

 S. cestuans, Desm. Fur olive gray above, reddish beneath ; tail 



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