z6z MAMMALIA. €LIRES. -Squirrel. 



is carried ereft, but does not fhade the hack ; the ears are fhort, broad, not tufted, but fringed with 

 hair at the edges; an obfcure pale yellow ftripe runs along the back, one fimilar on each fide, and o- 

 ther two, one on each fide, lower down, but thefe are at times fo very faint as to be fcarce percep- 

 tible ; the hair on the head, back, and fides, is of an intimately mixed black and red, on the thighs 

 and legs it is redder, and on the belly pale yellow. Clufius, and Mr Ray, following him, alledge that, 

 though the hair in general encircles the tail, the animal has the power of expanding it iideways. 



55° 19. Barbary Squirrel.— -17. Sciurus getulus. 6. 



Of a reddlfh afh colour on the upper parts of the body, with two longitudinal white 

 ftripes on each fide. Schreber, iv. 806. t. ccxxi. 



Sciurus getulus, or Barbary Squirrel, of a mixed black and red colour, with alternate longitudi-* 

 nal ftripes on each fide of white and dufky, or black. BrifT. quad. 157. n. 1 1. Aldrov. dig. 405. 

 f. p. 406. Qefn. quad. ri2. Jonft. quad. 163. t. 67. Raj. quad. 216. — Barbarian Squirrel. Edw. 

 av. iv. t. 198. — Barbary Squirrel. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 280. — Barbarefque, or Barbary Squirrel. 

 Sm. Buff. v. 331. pi. cxlv. 



Inhabits Barbary. — This animal refembles the former in appearance and manners, and is eonfider- 

 ed by Mr Pennant only as a variety ; it is, however, rather larger, meafuring five inches long : The 

 belly is white ; the tail is bufby, and regularly marked with alternate fhades of black and reddifh afh 

 colour ; the fore paws have only four toeSj with np veftige of a thumb, and all the claws, are black. 



559 2,0. Plantane Squirrel. — Sciurus Badjing. 



Of a pale red-chefnut colour, with a yellow ftripe along each fide. Penn. hift. of quad, 

 n. 28a. -/. 



Inhabits Java and Prince's ifland. — This animal refembles the Common Squirrel, though lighter 

 coloured ; it is called Badjing by the Malays, and lives much among the Pitang, or Plantane, and 

 on the Tamarind trees ; it is very fhy, and, on the approach of mankind, runs off, making a vaft 

 pattering over the dry leaves of thefe trees. Mr Pennant confiders it as a variety of the Palm Squir- 

 rel. 



21. Ground Squirrel. — 18. Sciurus Jlriatus. 7. \ 



Of a yellowifh colour, with five longitudinal dark ftripes. 



Striped Dormoufe. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 286. Arch zool. n, 54. 



560 «. Afiatic Ground Squirrel.— 18. a. Sc, jlriatus afiaticus. 



Of a frnaller fize than the next variety. 



Sciurus ftriatus, or Striped Squirrel. Pallas, Glir. 378. Georgi, It. i. 163.— Sciurus major Va- 

 riegatus, Larger variegated Squirrel, or Furunculus fciuroides, of MefTerfchmidt. J. G. Gmelin. 

 Nov. com. Petrop. v. 344. t. 9. — Bomdoelkje. Le Brun, It. 432. t. 254. 



