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SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



of the body blackish sprinkled with white, "with a white 

 stripe on each side; under part white; tail round at its 

 insertion, divided near the end, and varied with black and 

 white ; nails very long, compressed, and slightly arched ; 

 body above a foot in length ; tail two-thirds as long. 



Sciurus Dschinschicus, Sonnerat, Voy. ii. 140. Sciurus 

 Ginginianus, Shaw's Zool. ii. p. i. 147. Sciurus Erythro- 

 pus, Geoff. Collect. Mus. Sciurus Albovittatus, Desmarest^ 

 Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. x. 110. Sciurus Brazilinsis, 

 Brisson, Regne Anim. 154? 



Icon. Somierat, I. c. tab. 89. 



Inhabits Cape of Good Hope. 



Var. a. Brownish-gray above, lighter underneath ; tail 

 appearing black, though white hairs are intermixed. 



671. 29. S. Annulatus (Annulated Squirrel.) Greenish- 

 gray above, without lateral bands, white underneath ; tail 

 longer than the body, round, annulated, black and white ; 

 size of the Palm Squirrel. 



Sciurus Annulatus, Desmarest, Ency. Method. Mamma- 

 logie, Sp. 546, from the Paris Museum. 



Lewis's Squirrel, nobis ? 



Icon. Nobis? 



Habitat unknown. 



671. 30. S. Bivittatus (Two-banded Squirrel.) Fur 

 black-brown, picked with yellowish above, bright red be- 

 neath, with a white upper and a black lower line on each 

 side ; tail round, black, brown, end red. 



S. Bivittatus, Desm. Mam. 543. S. Vittatus. liorsf. 



Java. 

 EcureuilToupays, F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. Tupai, Raffles. 



Icon. F. Cuv. I. c. t. 



Inhabits Sumatra. 



Var. b. With the upper lateral line and belly yellow. 



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