SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Sclurus Maximus, Gm. 



Grand Ecureuil de la Cote de Malabar, Sonnerat, Voyage, 

 t 2, 139. 



Icon. Schreb. tab. 217, B. Sonnerat, I. cpl. 87. 



The Baron identifies this specifically with the S. Macrou- 

 rus of Gmel. Desmarest treats them as distinct, and gives 

 as synonyms to that species the Long-tailed Squirrel of Fen. 

 Indian Zool. and the Ceylon Squirrels ejusd. Quad., the 

 Sciurus Ceilonicus and Zeylonicus of Boddaert and Ray, 

 and with Schreber's figure, 217. 



G47. 4. S.Madagascariensis{Ma.A3igai^cBx Squirrel.) Up- 

 per part of the body deep black ; throat yellowish-white ; 

 belly yellowish-brown ; tail black, longer than the body ; 

 body from eighteen to twenty inches long. 



Sciurus Madagascariensis, Shaw''s Zoology ii. part 1, 

 128. Ecureuil de Madagascar, Buff. Hist. Nat. Sup. 7. 



Icon. Buff. I. c. pi. 63. 



Inhabits Madagascar. 



648. 5. S. Ceylonensis (Ceylon Squirrel.) Fur above 

 black ; below yellow ; tail gray. 



Sciurus Ceylonicus, Rai. Quad. 215. S. Ceylonensis, 

 Wodd. Elench. 117. S. Macrourus, Gmel. 



Long-tailed Squirrel, Penn. Ind. Zool. Ceylon Squirrel, 

 Perm. 



Icon. Penn. I. c. t. 1. Schreb. t. 217. Ericy. Method. 

 tl5,f.4. 



Inhabits Ceylon. 



Obs. Cuvier is of opinion that this is a mere variety of 

 the S. Maximus. 



649. 5. S. Prevostii (Prevost's Squirrel.) Black above, 

 yellow on the flanks, and reddish-brown underneath ; tail ' 

 brown. About the size of the Common Squirrel. 



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