SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Sciurus Palmarum, Gm. 149. S. Pencillata 1, Leach. 

 Palmiste, Buff. Hist. Nat. 10, 126. Rat Palmiste, 

 Brisson, Reg. Anim. 156. 



Icon. Buffon, I. c. p. 26. Leach, Zool. Misc. t. 

 Inhabits India, Africa. 



658. 15. 5^. Getulus (Barbary Squirrel.) Brown above, 

 with longitudinal white lines reaching to the tail ; body 

 about five inches long; tail the same. 



Sciurus Getulus, Gm. 



Barbarian Squirrel, Edwards, 198. White-striped 

 Squirrel, Pen. Glean. Quad. ii. 150. BarQsque, Buff, 

 t. 10. 



Icon. Edwards, I. c. tab. 198. Schreber, 221. Biff. 

 I. c.pl. 27. Ency. Method, t. 1(5. f. 3. 



Inhabits Northern Africa. 



659. 16. S. Capistratus (the Masked Squirrel, or Capis- 

 trate). Body ashy; head black; muzzle, ears, and belly, 

 white. Larger than the species of Europe. 



Sciurus Capistratus, Bosc. Ann. Mus. t. 1. 281. 



Ecureuil a Masque, Cuvier, Regne Animal, i. 205. 



Icon. Ency. Method. Supp. t. ii./. 2. Schreb. t. 313, 

 B. Brown, lllus. t. 47. 



Inhabits South Carolina. 



Obs. There is a black variety of this species, (Brown's 

 Illustration, pi. 47,) and a gray variety, with a black 

 belly, (Desmarest,) Ency. Method. Mammalogie, 333. 



M. F. Cuvier also considers the Coquallin of BufTon, 

 t. 13, Sciurus Variegatus, of Gmelin, to a variety of this 

 species. 



There is still a black Squirrel of North America, which 

 M. Desmarest considers different from the black variety of 

 the Capistrate by its smaller size, the softness of the fur, 

 and because the nose and ears are not regularly white, and 



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