266 MAMMALIA. GLIRES. Squirrel. 



an under downy fleece, like wool, of a whitifh or pale tawny, with longer ftraight black hairs inter- 

 mixed ; the face and throat being of a pale whitifh tawny colour; the tail is flattened, and about eigh- 

 teen inches long, covered with thick fet white hair from the bafe to the middlej and the reft black ; 

 the toes on the fore paws are all long, and four of the claws on the hind feet are hooked and fharp 

 pointed. 



573 31. Cape Squirrel. — Sciurus capenjis. 



Of a pale ferruginous colour on the upper parts of the body, mixed with black ; with 

 a white line from the fhoulder along each fide ; the tail is black in the middle and 

 hoary at the fides ; the ears are fcarcely apparent. 



Earlefs Dormoufe. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 290. 



Inhabits near the mountain of Sneeberg, eight hundred miles north from the Cape of Good Hope. — 

 • This fpecies never climbs trees, but burrows in the ground, forming a warm neft, with a round hole, 

 in which it lodges, clofing up the orifice; it feeds on bulbous roots, efpecially potatoes; it is very tame, 

 and never offers to bite, walks often on its hind feet, frequently lies flat on its belly, and often flirts 

 up the tail- The head is flat, with a blunt nofe, full black eyes, divided upper lip, and long whifkers ; 

 the belly and feet are dirty white, and there is a white line above each eye; the toes are long and di- 

 ftinft, with a large knob on each fore foot in place of a thumb ; . the claws are long ; the hind legs 

 are black and naked behind. It is about the fize of the Common Squirrel, but much broader and 

 flatter in its make. 



** FLYING-S QU I R R E L S.— P ETAURI *. 

 Have a hairy membrane extended from the fore to the hind legs, adapted for flying,. 



574. 1. American Flying-Squirrel. — 25. S. Petaurns voluceHa. 26. 



Of a brownifh afh colour on the upper parts, the belly white tinged with yellow; the. 

 tail is flattened, broadeft at the middle, and ends in a point. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 283. 

 Arct zool. n. 5 1 . 



Sciurus volucella, or Flying Squirrel, with moderately broad membranes, and a long hairy tail. 

 Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. 153. n. 26. Pallas, Glir. 353. 359. Schreber, iv. 808. t. ccxxii. Muf ad Fr. 



H. 10. Sciurus minimus, or Smalleft Squirrel, with membranes connefting the fore and hind feet 



together, having a white belly. Brown, Jamaic. 438.— American Flying-Squirrel. Raj. quad. 2.15. — 

 Mus volans, or Flying Moufe. Syft. nat. ed. xii. p. 75. n. 21. Muf. ad Fr. ii. 10.— Quimichpatlan. 

 Fernand. nov. hifp. 8.— Flying Squirrel. Catefby, Carol, ii. 76. t. 77. Edw. av. iv. t. 191. Sm. 

 Buff. v. 309. Du Pratz, Louifiana, ii. 98. Kalm, It. i. 321. t. 1, — Afiapanick. Smith, Virgin. 27. 

 Jocelyn,voy. 86. De Laet. 88. Lawfon. virgin. 124. 



Inhabits 



* In the Naturalifl's Mifcellany, Dr Shaw very properly diftinguifhes thefe animals, ^and the flying 

 Macauco, or Colugo, into a particular genus, under the name of Petauruii which is here adopted in- 

 ftead of Sciuri volantes, employed by L : nnaeus and Gmelin. — T. 



