THE BROWN FLYING SQUIRREL 



THE BLACK HILL SQUIRREL (Sciurus giganteus) 



This large species measures, according to Stern- 

 dale, head and body about 15, and tail about 16 

 inches. It is not found in Southern India, but I 

 remember shooting a specimen of it in Assam 

 many years ago. 



The following is a small part of Anderson's 

 description of it, the whole of which is quoted 

 by Sterndale : " This species has well-tufted ears ; 

 the upper surface is either wholly black or reddish 

 brown without any trace of white ; the tail is 

 generally jet black, also the outside of the fore 

 and hind limbs, and the upper surface of the feet ; 

 an elongated black spot is almost invariably found 

 below the eye from beyond the moustache, and the 

 eye is encircled with black." 



THE BROWN FLYING SQUIRREL (Pteromys oral) 



This curious creature inhabits the large forests 

 of India. Being nocturnal in its habits, it is seldom 

 seen by the sportsman, though not infrequently 

 captured and killed by wood -cutters, from whom 

 skins might, on promise of payment, be obtained. 

 In colour it is dark grey. One which was brought 

 alive to me was about the size of a small domestic 

 cat. Sterndale states that the head and body 

 measure 20, the tail 21, and the breadth across 

 the extended parachute-skin 21 to 24 inches. 



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