SCIURUS PLANTANI. 



13. SCIURUS PREVOSTII, Desmar. 



Sc. supra niger, subtus badius, lateribus flavis, Cauda fusca. 

 Sciurus Prevostii, Desmar. Encycl. Mammalog, p. 385. 



Size of the European Squirrel. Described by M. Desmarest, from a 

 specimen in the collection of Natural History of Brest. It differs from the Sciurus 

 bicolor, with which it might be confounded in size, and in a defined streak along 

 the sides. 



Native place, India. 



14. SCIURUS HYPOLEUCOS, Nobis. 



Sc. supra testaceus margine laterali fulvo, subtus fronte lateribusque capitis albis, 

 Cauda corpore longiore testaceo fuscescente apice flavicante. 



General colour of the upper parts, and of the legs exteriorly, testaceous 

 brown, surrounded on the flanks, neck, and along the thighs, with a border of a 

 paler, nearly fulvous tint. On the summit of the head the colour is mixed with gray ; 

 on the tail, above, it becomes darker, inclining to brown ; underneath, this organ is 

 Inarked with a line of a hghter tint, and the tip is yellowish. The throat, the sides 

 of the head, the cheeks, the under parts of the neck, body, and thighs, are pure 

 white. The anterior thighs are fringed with a border of delicate hair. The ears are 

 of moderate length, acute, and without any tuft at the extremity. The nose and 

 forehead are gray ; the whiskers very long and black : a few separate bristles arise 

 from the cheeks. 



This species equals in size the largest Squirrel hitherto discovered. The length 

 of the head and body is full fifteen inches, and of the tail, about seventeen. It is of 

 a robust habit; the tail is compressed or two-sided, but less bushy than in the 

 Sc. maximus. 



It is a native of Sumatra, whence it was forwarded to the Honourable Company's 

 Museum by Sii- Stamford Raffles. 



Museum of the East India Company. 



