MAMMALIA.. GLIRES. Squirrel. 261 



16. Bombay Squirrel. — 14. Sciurus inJicus. 21. 



Of a dull purple colour on the upper parts of the body, the lower parts yellow, and 

 the tail tipt with orange ; the ears tufted. Erxleb. mam. 420. Perm. hilt, of quad. n. 270. 



Inhabits India near Bombay. — The head, back, fides, and upper parts of the legs and thighs are 

 dull purple ; the belly and lower parts of the legs yellow : The head and body meafure fixteen, and 

 the tail feventeen inches. This fpecies is defcribed, by Mr Pennant, from a fluffed fpecimen in Dr 

 Hunter's mufeum.. 



17. Fair Squirrel. — 15. Sciurus JTavus. 4. 



Of a flaxen or pale yellowiih colour, with plain rounded ears, and a round tail. 



Squirrel, with a round tail, fhort hair, and roundifh ears. Amoen. acad. i. 23 1. Syft. nat. eJ. 

 xii. 86. — Fair Squirrel. Perm. hift. of quad. n. 276. Delia Valla, 84. 



Inhabits the woods near Ahmadabad, the capital of Guzerat, in India ; according to Linnaeus, it 

 is found likewife near Carthagena in South America. — Is of a very fmall fize, not above half as big. 

 as the common fpecies ; the fur is yellowifh, with white tips to the hairs ; the fore feet have each a 

 very fmall claw, or nail, inftead of a thumb or fifth toe : It is very agile in leaping about from one 

 tree to another. Dr Gmelin doubts if this animal fhould be confidered as belonging to the genus i, 

 but gives no. opinion of what other genus it fhould be referred to~ 



18. Palm Squirrel. — 16. Sciurus palmarum. 5. 



Of a mixed black and red colour, with three longitudinal yellow (tripes on the back 

 and fides ; the tail is encircled with coarfe dirty yellow hair, and is barred with black- 

 Schreber, iv. 802. t. cexx. 



Sciurus palmarum, Mus palmarum, Palm Squirrel, or Palm Moufe, of a mixed red and black 

 colour, having yellow longitudinal ftripes on the back. Briff. quad. 156. n. 10. — Muitela africana, 

 or African Weafel. Cluf. exot. 112. Nieremb. hift. nat. 172. Jonft. quad. 153. Raj. quad. 216. — 

 Palmifte, or Palm Squirrel. Sin. Buff. v. 328. pi. cxliv. — Palm Squirrel. Penn. hift. of quad., 

 n. 279. 



Inhabits the hotter regions of Alia and Africa. — This fpecies lives much on the Coccoa trees, feed- 

 ing on the nuts, and is very fond of the Sury, or palm wine, which is made from that tree ; from 

 which circumftance the Dutch in India give it the name of Surifcatsjie *, or Little Cat of the Sury.. 

 This is a very fmall animal, fcarcely three inches in length ; the tail is much of the fame length, and. 



* Under this name, or one very nearly refcmbling it, we have already defcribed an animal of the 

 genus Viverra, or Fitchet, the Surikate, or Viverra jsntadafl^la; the EngliQi name of that fpecies. irfed' 

 in this publication, is adopted from BufTon, though it appears from the above circumdance, recorded 

 by Mr Pennant, on the authority of Governor Loten, that the name Surikate, which is evidently a cor- 

 ruption of Surifcatsjie, fhould n>ore properly be applied to the Palm Squirrel ; but, as it has become 

 familiar to Englifh readers in the works of BufFon, it is allowed to remain. — -£. 



