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southwards, the islands of Sumatra, Java and Borneo, also Siam 

 and Formosa. 



a-b. z Skins Siam [Finlayson] India Mus., London. 



c. Stuffed Malacca Rev. F. Lindstedt (184S), A.S.B. 



d. Stuffed juv. „ Rev, F. Lindstedt (184s), A.S.B. 



e. Stuffed W. Rutledge (1872). 



Genus SCIUROPTERUS. 



Sciuropterus, F. Cuvier Mem. Mus, Paris, x, p. 116 (1823). 



I^ey of the Indian Species. 

 a. Larger forms, length without tail more than 7*5 inches. 



b. Pale grayish above ; outer edge of hind-foot provided with 

 a thick brush of hairs extending from the tarsal joint to the 

 base of the 5th toe ; skull long and narrow, i'95 inches 

 long by 1-55 inches broad . S. fimbriatus, p. 37. 



P. Rather darker above ; no brush to the hind-feet, which are 

 much smaller than in S. fimbriatus ; skull smaller and 

 broader, i"45 inches long by i'i5 inches broad. 



S. alboniger, p. 38. 



b^- Grayish above, with black tufts of hair at the base of the 

 posterior margin and the external surface of the upper angle 

 of the ear; teeth ridged. S. fuscocapillus, p. 39. 



b*. Above rufus ; tail short, 5 inches ; ears with tufts of long hair 

 at the anterior and posterior angles of the ear-conch ; tail 

 rather bushy. . . . S. pearsoni, p. 38. 



b^. Resembling the last in size, but of a lighter grayish colour, 

 with markedly distichous tail and no ear tufts. 



S. sagitta, p. 39. 



a^. Much smaller, about 5 § inches long with tail ; above rufus; 

 tail above brown, below at base rufous. 



S. spadaceus, p. 40. 

 Sciuropterus fimbriatus. 



Sciuropterus fimbriatus, Gray Ckarlesw. Mag. N. H., i, p. 584 (1837) ; 



iA.P.Z.S., 1837, p. 67; Blyth y. /I. 5. 5., xvi, p. 866; Horsfield Cat. 



E. I. Mus., p. 163 ; Blyih J. A. S.B., xxviii, p. 278; id. Cat., no. 298, 



p. 96; Jerdon Mamm., p. 178 ; Scully P. Z. S., 1881, p. 204; id. Ann, 



Mag. N.H. (s), viii, p. 98. . 

 Pteromys leachii, Gray P. Z. S., p. 88 (1836) ; id, Charlesw. Mag. N. H,, 



>. P- 584. 

 Pteromys fimbriatus, Anderson Anat. Zool. Res., p. 296 (1878). 



Distribution. — North-west Himalayas from Gilgit to Kumaon. 



