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6. Indian Flying-Squirrel. — zg. S. Petaurus Petauri/la. 28. 



The tail is longer than the body, flattened, and very full of long hair. Schreber, iv, 

 t. ccxxiv. 



Sciurus maximus volans, Felis volans, Largeft Frying Squirrel, or Flying Cat. Briff. quad. 1 12. 

 n. 15. — Civetta volans, or Flying Civet. Valent. Ind. iii. 269. 270. — Taguan, or Great Flying 

 Squirrel. Sm. Bufi\ v. 312. pi. cxli. collapfed ; pi. cxlii. extended.— Sailing Squirrel. Penn. hift, 

 of quad. n. 281. Muf. Roy. Soc.— Flying Cat. NeuhofF, in Churchill's voy. ii. 354. and f.— Fly- 

 ing Hare. Michelbourn, in Purchas Pilgrim, i. 134. Hamilton, voy. ii. 131.— Sciurus Petaurifta, 

 Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. i. 155. n. 2S. — Taguan. hift. gen. des voy. xv. lib. 4. c. 9. p. 51. 



579 a. Red Indian Flying-Squirrel. — S. Pet. Petaurijla cajlaneus. 



Of a very bright chefnut colour on the upper parts of the body ; the under parts pale 

 ferruginous.. Pallas, Mifcel. zool. 54.. t. vi. f. 1, 



ego fi. Black Indian Flying-Squirrel. — & Pet, Petauri/la niger. 



Of a black colour on the upper, and hoary on the under parts of the body. Pallas,* 

 MifceL zooL 54. t. vi. f. %, 



Inhabits the iflands of the Indian Ocean. — This fpecics is greatly larger than the other animals of 

 this diviiion, being a foot and a half long from nofe to rump ; the head is rounded ; the whifkers 

 and claws are black; the female has fix teats on the breaft and belly, and the eyes have long narrow 

 pupils like thofe of the Cat. 



c gj 7. Southern Flying-Squirrel. — S. Petaurus aujlralis.. 



Of a dulky blackifli brown colour above, and vvhiiifh below, having rounded thumbs 

 on the hind feet, and a long bufhy tail, with large ears. 



Petaurus auftralis, Southern Petaurus. Nat. mifc. pi. 60 — Hepoona-roo. White, voy. to Botany 

 Bay. 



Inhabits New-South-Wales. — This is the largeft and m oft elegant- of all the Flying Squirrels ; its; 

 moft remarkable characteriftic is the rounded thumbs, or great toes, of the hind feet, which are fur- 

 nifheJ with a flattened nail, while all the other toes, five to each foot, have fliarp hooked claws; the 

 two toes next this thumb are united together by the ikin, but have feparate claws; the colour is a fine- 

 fable, or deep grey brown on the upper parts, darkeft. on the middle of the back, and the under parts 

 are nearly white ; the edges of the membrane are fomewhat fcalloped, and of a lighter colour ; the 

 fur is exquifitely foft and beautiful ; the tail is long, and thickly clothed with very foft loofe hair,, 

 longeft towards the outer end ; the ears are longilhj and there is a black ftreak over each eye. 



