SCIURUS. 257 



SciTJBUS ExiLis, S. Miiller. 



Sciums exilis, S. Miiller, Tydsehrift voor Nat. Gesch. 1838-39, vol. v. p. 148; Miiller und 

 ScUegel, Verhandl. Natur. Gesch. 1839-44, p. 87 et p. 97, pi. xv. figs. 4-6 ; Wagner, Schreber, 

 Saugeth. Suppl. vol. iii. 1843, p. 208; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. vol. ii. 1845, p. 41. 



Macroxus exilis, Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xs. 1867, p. 282. 



In the Leyden Museum there are five small squirrels the bodies of which vary 

 from 2-75 to 3-20 inches; and the tails, without the hair, are about 2-20 inches. 

 They are squirrels about the size of S. melanotis. The type in the Leyden Museum 

 is said to be an adult, and it certainly has not the characters of a young animal, 

 although it is so very small. The general colom^ of the upper parts may be 

 described as olive-brown, but the head, and the back especially over the neck and 

 shoulders, are more or less suffused with reddish, which, however, is not very 

 prominent nor contrasting much with the general colour. The muzzle is yellowish, 

 and there is a similar ring round the eye, but the sides of the face from the mous- 

 tache backwards, and the sides of the neck, resemble the sides of the body. The 

 limbs also are concolorous with the body. The under parts are whitish or dusky, 

 suffused, more or less, with rufous, and on the scrotum of the male, with bri'J'ht 

 orange. The hairs of the tail have a broad basal orange band succeeded by a broad 

 black band which is tipped with yellowish ; the under surface of the tail being 

 rather brightly washed with orange. The ears are of moderate size and rounded, 

 and clad with very short hairs. The wliiskers are black ; nearly one-half of the 

 sole of the hind foot is clad. 



The iris is brown ; and the upper incisors are very pale yellow ; the lower pair 

 are nearly white. The skull is much arched behind ; the facial portion is very 

 broad at the base, becoming pointed towards the front, and moderately long. 



This species has been found in Malacca, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



SciTJRTJS PALMABUM, Linuseus. 



Ecureuil pahiiiste, Brisson, Regn. Anim. 1756, p. 158, No. 10. 



Lepalmiste, BufEon, Hist. Nat. vol. x. 1763, p. 131, pi. 126. 



Palm squirrel, Pennant, Syn. Quad. 1771, p. 287; Hist. Quad. 1793, vol. ii. p. 149. 



Sdnrus palmanim, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1776, 12th ed. p. 86; Gmelin, 13tli ed. ibid. 1788, p. 149; 

 Erxleben, Syst. Reg. Ann. 1777 (in part), p. 423; Zimmermann, Geograph. Gesch. vol. ii. 1780 

 p. 343; Boddaert, Elench. Animal, 1785, p. 119; Schreber, Saugeth. vol. iv. 1792, p. 803, pi. 

 220 (fig. Buffon) ; Shaw, Genl. Zool. vol. ii. pt. i. 1801 (in part), p. 146; Leach, var. /3, Zool. 

 Miscell. vol. i. 1814 (addenda et eorrig. p. 137). 



Sciums palmarum, Desmarest, Nouv. Diet. d^Hist. Nat. vol. x. 1817, p. 106; Mamm. 1820, p. 337, 

 Tab. 76, fig. 2; F. Guvier, Diet, des Se. Nat. vol. xiv. 1819, p. 247; Desmoulins, Diet. Class' 

 d'Hist. Nat. vol. vi. 1824, p. 72 ; Horsfield, Zool. Resch. Java; Cat. Mamm. E. Ind. Co.-'s Mus. 

 1851, p. 152; Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 1829, p. 358; Waterhouse, Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. 1837, vol. i. p. 496 ; Ogilby, Royle's 111. Him. Bot. Mem. Mamm. 1840, p. 13; Wagner, 

 Beitr. zur Saugeth. Fauna von Kaschmir (Hugel Reise), 1842, p. 573; Wagner, Schreber, 

 Saugeth. Suppl. vol. iii. 1843, p. 204; Gray, Hand-List Mamm, B. M. 18 43, p. 141; Schinz, 



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