THE SQUIRREL. 





Common ur European Squirrel. 



1'ue tirey Squirrel. 



Malabar Squirrel 



The common or European Squirrel is easily domesticated, and is very amusing in its habits when 

 suffered to go at large in a room or kept in a spacious cage ; but when confined in a little cramped box, 

 especially in one of the cruel wheel cages, its energies and playfulness are quite lost. The color of the 

 English Squirrel is a deep reddish brown, and its tail so large and bushy as to shade its whole body when 

 carried curled over its back, from whence it derives its name of Sciurus, or Shadow-tail. 



The Malabar Squirrel is the largest animal of the whole genus, being as large as an ordinary-sized cat. 

 The top of the head, a band along the cheek, the middle of the back, and the flanks, are very bright reddish 

 brown ; the shoulders, the rump, and the thighs, are pure black ; and the muzzle, the lower part of the neck, 

 the breast, the belly, and the under sides of the hind legs, are bright yellow. It is one of the brightest 

 in its colors of all the Squirrels, though, like most of the rest it is subject to considerable variations. It 

 occurs in several of the richly wooded districts of India, but is said to be most plentiful on the west of 

 the Malabar coast, to reside chiefly among the palm trees, and to be particularly fond of the milk of the 

 cocoa nut. 



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The !■!: ■']•: Squirre 



A Box trap for Squirrels 



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