MAMMALIA. GLIRES. Squirrel. 265 



zftriped with white. Seba, Muf. i. 76. t. 47. f. 2. 3 — Tlamototli. Fernand. nov. hiip. 9.— Mexican 

 Squirrel. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 278. 



Inhabits Mexico and New Spain. — The male has feven white lines along the back, and the female 

 'only five : The fcrotum of the male is large and pendulous. This fpecies is not quite fix inches 

 long, and the tail is fomewhat longer ; the ears are naked at the edges. 



$6g 27. American Squirrel.— •SaKra.r fcrotalis. 



Of an uniform colour, with a large pendulous fcrotum. Seba, Muf. i. 76. t. xlviii. f. j. 

 Penn. hilt, of quad. p. 414. 



Inhabits with the former. — This animal is mentioned only incidentally by Mr Pennant as a variety 

 of the former ; the manners of both are unknown. 



,* 70 28. Cayenne Squirrel.— -"-Sciurus bancrofti. 



Of a pale yellowifh brown colour on the upper parts; the fides and belly white; the 

 tail very long, hairy, and fpotted. Bancroft, Guiana. 



Inhabits Guiana. — This animal refembles the Common Squirrel in fize and general appearance. 



?7i 29. Guiana Squirrel. — Sciurus guajanenfis. 



Of a fmall fi£e and reddilh colour. De la Borde, voy. 



Inhabits Cayenne. — This animal is fierce, and bites feverely, in its natural ftate, yet may eafily be 

 tamed; it is not larger than a Rat, and lives in a folitary manner in the woods, refiding on trees, and 

 feeding on the feeds of the Maripa, Aura, and Comana ; the female produces two young ones at a 

 time only once a year. Thefe two laft animals are but obfcurely known, and are mentioned by Dr 

 Gmelin only in a note, leaving it to future inquiry to determine more precifely their place in fyftem, 

 and to defcribe more accurately their manners and external marks. 



572 30. Madagascar Squirrel.— 24. Sciurus madagafcarenfts. 29. 



The middle toe, on the fore feet, is very long and naked ; the thumb, or fifth inner 

 toe, on the hind feet, has a flat rounded nail. 



Aye-aye. Sonneret, It. ii. 137. t. 8cn 



. Inhabits the eaftern fide of the ifland of Madagafcar — This animal is rather doubtful in its nature; 

 in the flowne'fs of its pace, and general manners, it refembles the Sloth ; but in the form of its tail, 

 and the number and form of its toes, five on each foot, and the number and arrangement of its teeth, 

 it is more nearly allied to the Squirrel : It lives in holes under gronnd ; is flothful, timid, and fleeps 

 much ; it feeds chiefly on worms, which it extracts from the hollows of trees by means of its tOes. 

 The ears, are large, flattened, black, and covered thickly with rough hair; the face is garnifhed with 

 bunches of hair above the eyes, on the nofe, and cheeks, and under the chin; the fur is of two forts, 

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