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SCIURUS PENICILLATUS. 
“8, pilis | fislyo fuscoque mistis ; dorso lineis tribus late- 
” ¥busque pallidis, gula ventreque albidis, auribus 
subrotundatis imberbibus, cauda ad apicem penicil- 
levee” . 
Habitat in Madras. 
Mus. Dom. Sowerby.- 
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PENCIL-TAILED SQUIRREL. 
Body covered with a mixture of fulvous and brown hair, 
having three lines on the back, and the sides pale yellowish ; 
‘the throat and belly whitish ; ears somewhat rounded, and 
not tufted ; apex of the tail ae 
Inhabits Madras. 
This animal was taken in the young state in a library at 
Madras, where the old one had formed a nest ina large 
book, into which she had perforated. It was brought alive 
to England, and was kept some time by Mr. Carlisle, who, 
after its death, gave it to Mr. Sowerby ; and to the kind- 
ness of the last-mentioned gentleman, we are indebted for 
the figure, which represents the species one-third of the 
natural size. 
This squirrel agrees so exactly with the descriptions of 
the Sciurus Palmarum, Linn.; Le Palmist, Buff, that 
were it not for the curious tuft at the extremity of the 
tail of our animal, (of which they make no mention), 
should not hesitate to consider them us one species. 
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