40 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXll. 



S 555 Potoli, N. Kanara, 



{See also Report No. 1). 



" A less noisy animal in India than in Africa. In Pondoland, where it is 

 by no means plentiful, it may be heard in the Forests on most nights, 

 throughout the year." — G. C. S. 



Felis affinis, Gray. 



The Jungle Cat. 



Synonymy in No. 1. 



S 1020 Hulekal, N. Kanara. 



{See also Reports Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5). 



CaNIS INDICtJS, Hodgs. 

 The Indian Jackal. 



(Synonymy in No. 1, under C. aureus^ 

 S 951 (imm.) $ 916 (imm). . . . Sirsi N. Kanara. 

 ('See also Reports Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5). 



PeTAITKISTA PHIIilPPBNSIS, Ell. 



The South Indian Flying Squirrel. 



1839. Pteromys philippensis, Elliot. Madr : Journ : L. S. X. 



p. 217. 

 1843. Pteromys griseiventer , Gray. Cat : Manm : B. M., p. 133. 

 1891. Pteromys oral, Blanford. Mammalia No. 227 (partim). 



6 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024. $ 1016. Hulekal, N. 



Kanara. 

 S 1028, 9 1027, 1051, 1133. . Jog, N. Kanara. 

 I have dealt with this synonymy in this Journal (Vol. XX, p. 1015.) 



Vernacular name : — Koti Kar (Mahrathi) ; Haebekku (Kanarese). 



"Essentially a forest animal, it is most plentiful in the deciduous forests 

 and on the edges of the evergreen. It does not usually become active or 

 call until quite late in the evenings after which it may be frequently heard 

 throughout the night. During the day hides in hollow trees, at a con- 

 siderable height, among thick foliage. 



When gliding from one tree to another they are able to steer themselves 

 with considerable accuracy. They apparently guide themselves by alter- 

 ing the position of their limbs, and the membrane uniting them, the long 

 tail being merely a balancing organ. The interfemoral membrane can slide 

 up and down the tail for one-third of its length, the skin on the distal two- 

 thirds being firmly attached to the vertebrte. 



The usual call is a monotonous note, uttered at regular intervals, which, 

 although not loud, can be heard at night for a considerable distance. It 

 has, however, a ventriloquial quality, and furnished little or no help in 

 locating the animal's exact position. When frightened or angry it has a 

 different and louder call and a low chatter rather like that of other 

 squirrels. When caught it is savage and occasionally makes a curious 

 screaming noise, which causes great excitement among any others within 

 hearing, besides attempting to bite it will strike out with its claws, in these 

 ways exactly reproducing the methods of Galeopterus, an insectivore super- 

 ficially resembling, but not in the smallest degree related to it. 



Comparatively sluggish in habits, when in a tree where there is plenty of 

 food it will frequently remain, or return, there for several nights. 



