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250. Sciurus griseimanus. The grey-footed Squirrel. 



Sciurus griseimanus, A. Milne-Edtoards, Rev. Mag. Zool. xix, p. 105 

 (1867) ; Anderson, An. Zool. Res. p. 233. 



Colour speckled greyish brown above ; dorsal hairs leaden black 

 at the base then whitish and black alternately, two rings of each. 

 Feet and loA^er parts pale isabelline or pale "fawn. Tail coloured 

 like the back, lower surface near the base the same colour as the 

 abdomen, occasionally a small black tail-tip ; tail-hairs generally 

 with 4 or 5 rings of each colour, isabelline and black. 



Dimensions of type: head and body 10 inches, tail the same; of 

 Burmese skins apparently somewhat less. 



Distribution. Cochin China and Cambodia. A single specimen 

 has been procured by Mr. L. Fea at Kyouk Myoung, Upper Burma. 



This squirrel is nearly allied to both S. locroides and S. pygery- 

 tJirus, and evidently passes into both. 



251. Sciurus locroides. The hoary-bellied Himalayan Squirrel. 



Scim-Lis lokroides, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. y, p. 232 (1836) ; McClelland, 



P. Z. S. 1839, p. 152 ; Blgth, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 873, xxiv, p. 475 ; id. 



Cat. p. 104 ; Jerdon, Mam. p. 169 ; Anderson, An. Zool. Res. p. 247. 

 SciiU'us locroides, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. x, p. 915. 

 Scim-us assamensis, 31cCleUand, apud Gray, List Mam. B. M. p. 143 



(1843), no description ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiv, p. 475 ; id. Cat. 



p. 103 ; id. Mam. Birds Burma, p. 37. 

 Scim-us blythii, Tytler, A. M. N. H. ser. 2, xiv, p. 172 (1854). 

 Sciurus lokrioides and Macroxus simihs, Gray, A. M. N. H. (3) 



XX, pp. 274, 281. 



Snout short. Teeth larger than in S. locria. The length of the 

 upper 5 molars together is about two thirds of that of the nasal 

 bones. Usnally two pairs of mammae, more rarely three pairs, all 

 ventral or inguinal. 



Colour of upper parts, head, body, and tail speckled olive or 

 yellowish brown, sometimes greyish bi'own, sides very little paler ; 

 feet the same as the sides ; lower parts isabelline or greyish or pale 

 rufous, more rarely light rufous-brown, sometimes speckled and 

 occasionally with a faint median band. The colour of the abdomen 

 passes gradually into that of the sides. Dorsal hairs leaden black 

 at the base, then alternately yellow or whitish and black, generally 

 two rings of each colour, the tip black ; tail-hairs with about four 

 rings of each colour. The terminal hairs of the tail have sometimes 

 longer black tips than the others, but there is never a distinct black 

 tail-tip. Some of the abdominal hairs are occasionally annulated. 

 There is sometimes a rufesceut tinge on the sides of the body and 

 neck. 



Dimensions. Head and body 8 inches, tail without hair 7*5, with 

 hair 9-5 ; weight 8 oz. Basal length of skull 1*75, extreme length 

 2, zygomatic breadth 1*2. 



Distribution. The Eastern Himalayas, JS^epal, Sikhim, and Bhutan 

 at low elevations, Assam and the Assam hills, Cachar, Tipperah, 



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