20 MAMMALIA. 



Distrilution — South China. 



a Skin, skull China []. Reeves] J. Anderson. 



Sciurus tenuis. 



Sciurus tenuis, Horsfield Zool. Res. (i^M) I Cantor J. A. S. B., xv, p. 256 ; 



Blyth J. A. S. B„ xvi, p. 874 ; id. J. A. S. B., xx, p. 166 ; Horsfield Cat. 



E. I. Mus., p. IS3; Bli/tk J. A. S. B.,xxiv, p. 476 ; id. Ca<., no. 329, 



p. 104; Anderson Anat. Zool. Res., p. 255 ; Jentink Notes Leyd. Mus., 



V, p. I2S ; Thomas P. Z. S., 1886, p. 76. 

 Sciurus affinis, Horsfield {nee. Raffles) Zool. Res. (1824); id. Cat. E. I. 



Mus., p. 156. . 



Sciurus modestus, Miiller and Schlegel Tern. Terhnndl., p. 96, pi. xxiv 



(1844) ; Blytk J. A. S. B., xxiv, p. 476 j Anderson Anat. Zool. Res,, 



p. 253- 



Distrihuiion. — The Malayan peninsula and the islands of 

 Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Pulo Panjang in the Gulf of Siam ; 

 Miiller and Schlegel recorded it from China; this, however, is 

 probably a mistake. 



a. Skin, skull, 2 Perik, Mus. Collector (Jaffa) 



b. Skin, skull Malacca [A. R. Wallace] British Mus. [Ex.] 



c. Skin, skull Java Batavian Soc. (1844), A.S.6. 



Sciurus lokriah. 



Sciurus lokriah, Hodgson J. A. S. B., v, p 232 (1836) ; McClelland P.Z.S., 

 1839, p. 151 ; Ogilby Royle's Himal. Bot., p. Ixvii ; Hodgson J. A. S. B., 

 X, p. 91S ; Gray Cat. Hodgs. Coll., 1st ed., p. 23; Bhtk J. A. S. B,, xvi, 

 p. 873; Horsfield Cat. E.' I. Mus., p. 153; Blyth J. A. S. B., xxiv, 

 p. 475 ; id. Cat., no. 327, p. 104 ; Jerdon Manim , p 1 69 ; Blyth J A.S. B., 

 xW'^, Burma List, p. 37; Anderson Anat. Zool. Res., p. 250 ; jentink 

 Notes Leyd. Mus., v, p 120 : Thomas P. Z. S., 1886, p. 61. 



Sciurus subflaviventris. Gray List Mamm. B. M., p. 144 (1843); Horsfield 

 Cat. E. I. Mus., p. 152 



Nepalese, Lokria ; Bhotea, Zhamo ; Lepcha, Killl tingdong. 



Distribution. — From Nepal eastwards to the Naga hills and 

 Assam ; is also found in the Arakan hills ; it is found at a higher 

 elevation apparently than Sciurus lokroides. 



This species can be at once distinguished from Sciurus lokriah 

 by the white tuft of hair behind the ear-conch and by its brighter 

 ventral suifacei 



a. Skin, $ Sheopuri Ridge, Nepal J. Scully. 



Valley, 19-6-78. 



b-c. 2 Skins, g Sheopuri Ridge, Nepal J. Scully. 



Valley, 14-2-78. 



d. Skin, Sisagutu, Nepal, J. Scully. 



27-12-77. 



e. Skin, skull Nepal (Hodgson) India Mus., London. 



/. Skin, Darjeeling J. Anderson. 



g. Skin, $ Sikkim L. Mandelli 



h. Skin, juv. Darjeeling Mrs. Oakes (1843), A.S.B. 



