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tivorous, and dictate their place in artificial arrangement. 

 Similar inclinations to deviate may be observed in certain 

 species throughout all the genera. 



The tail is of a grayish-brown, in consequence of the 

 white rings upon its hairs, which, for the remaining part, 

 are black. The breast is of a whitish-yellow, which colour 

 is mingled with gray, on the abdomen, and internal face 

 of the limbs. The colour of the head is nearly the same as 

 that of the tail, but the rings are yellow, and more nume- 

 rous. The ear is entirely covered with black hairs. The size 

 of this animal is about eight inches, (French measure,) from 

 the end of the muzzle to the origin of the tail. The tail 

 is five. The head is two inches long, and the middle 

 height is three inches, six lines. 



Sir S. Raffles has mentioned this animal in his cata- 

 logue of the animals of Sumatra, published in the thirteenth 

 volume of the Linncea?i Iransactions. He found it tamed, 

 and living in a domestic state. It was free, would run 

 through all the house, and would come of itself at every 

 meal, for fruit or milk. In its wild state, this author avers 

 that it lives on the fruits of the Kayo-gadis. But we may 

 safely presume that it preys on insects, and other small 

 animals. Its organization is a certain proof of this fact. 

 Resembling the rest of the insectivora, in the organs of 

 digestion and mastication, it cannot differ in its appetites, 

 though it may in its habits, which may depend more exclu- 

 sively on the structure of the brain than on that of the 

 teeth or intestines. Its habits are the same as theBangsring. 

 It is diurnal, and lives in trees, in the thick forests of 

 Sumatra, which it traverses, like the Squirrels. 



Sir S. Raffles refers this animal to his genus Tupaia, 

 and gives it the Latin name ferruginea, in consequence of 

 its colour, which is like that of the red oxide of iron. 



