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S C I U R U S M A C R O U R U S. 

 THE LONG-TAILED SQUIRREL. 



Sc'mrns Zejianicus pilis in dorfo nigricantibus, Raii Syn. ^tad. 215.. 

 Sc. Macrourus, Gmelin. Lin. i. 148. 



' a ""HIS fpecies is found in Ceylon and Malabar. In the Long-tailed 

 Cingalefe tongue it is c^JUcd. Dafidoela?ia ; and, from q.ujrrei,.- 



the noife it makes, Roekea. 



It is about three times the fize of the European fquir- 

 rel. 



The ears are : tufted with black hairs: the end of the 

 Bole is pink-coloured : the cheeks, legs, and belly, are of 

 a dull yellow : between the ears is a yellow fpot : the 

 Grown of the head, and the back, are black: from each 

 ear is a bifurcated line of the fame color, pointing down 

 the cheeks: the upper part of the feet is covered with 

 black hairs : the lower part naked and red. 



The tail is near twice the length of the body, of a light 

 afh-color, and extremely bufhy. The part next the body 

 quite furrounded with hairs : on the remainder the hairs 

 are feparated, and lie flato 



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