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(4.]) Petaurista taylori, Thos. 

 Taylor s Flying Squirrel. 



1914. Fetaurista taylori, Thomas, Journ., B. N. H. S,, XXIII, p. 205. 

 S 1 (no skull), Bankachon. 



This animal is related to P. yunnanends (cf. Blanford, Mamm. No. 230) 

 and F. candidulus, Wroughton, especially to the latter. It is a fairly- 

 uniform chestnut all over, the strong grizzling of white, so characteristic 

 of candidulus, is limited to a small area on the centre of the back and to 

 the forehead. The base of the tail, unlike that species, is coloured like 

 the back and the black tail tip is almost or quite absent. 



" Flying Squirrels often collect in numbers within a small area, often in 

 a single tree in fruit, and although they can move about in a tree fairly 

 actively, they do not travel much when a good feeding place has been 

 found. Usually they keep up their peculiar call intermittently through the 

 night, but here they were never heard calling and we were unable to find 

 any of their feeding trees. 



Vernacular name. — Kuexjjjg (Malay, Bankachon)."' — G. C. S. 

 (42) ScitJROPTBRUs (Hylopetes) belone, Thos. 



Malay Figmy Flying Squirrel. 



1908. Sciuropterus {Sylopetes) belone, Thomas, A.M.N.H., II., p. 305. 



S 1, Bankachon ; c? 1? $ 1, Tenasserim Village ; c? 8, 5 3, 

 Banlaw. 

 Sciuropterus belone is very close to S. spadiceus from Arakan, and would 

 probably have been lumped with it had Blanford had to deal with it. 

 "Plentiful in native fruit gardens." — G. C. S. 



(43) Eatufa mblanopepla. Miller. 



The Tenasserim Giant Squirrel. 



(Synonymy in No. 16.) 



S 1, Victoria Point ; c? 1, 2 2, Bankachon ; J 1, $ 1, Mali- 

 wun, cJ 1, $ 2, Thaget. 



I dealt to some extent with the distribution of this species in my last 

 Report. From here southwards it is found (varying somewhat locally) all 

 through the Malay Peninsula and the nearer islands of the Archipelago, 

 the representatives of the genus m Java, Sumatra, and Borneo (with their 

 surrounding islands) belong to other species. 



'' Fairly plentiful, but more difiicult to obtain in thick evergreen 

 Jungle than in the deciduous forests further north, as in other places 

 these squirrels evidently get rusty coloured during the hot season. 



Weight.— 3-4 lbs. 



Vernacular name. — Tupai-naistdong (Malay, Bankachon)" — G. C. S. 



(44) SciTTRtrS EPOMOPHORTJS DAVISONI, Bonh. 



The Burmese Epaulet Squirrel. 



1891. Sciurus caniceps, Blanford, Mammalia No. 249 (partim). 

 1901. Sciurus epomop7io7-us davisoni, Bonhote, A.M.N.H., VII, p. 273. 



cJ 4, $ 2, Victoria Point ; cJ 16, $ 25, in al. 2, Bankachon ; 

 S 5, 2 5, Tenasserim Village; $2, Tagoot. 



