1875.] 



Rodents and Squirrels. 



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Order EODENTIA. 



Fam. Sciuridae. 



Sub-fam. Pteeomydinje (Flying-squirrels). 

 *76. Pteeomts cikeeacetjs. 



Pteromys cineraceus, Blytli, J. A. S. B. xxviii. p. 276 ; P. petaurista, var. cineraceus, Bl., 

 ibid. xvi. p. 864. Shau-byau, Arakan. 



The Burmese Great Flying-squirrel inhabits Arakan, Pegu, Tenasserim 

 provinces. It is a large species, very like P. petaurista of Central and 

 Southern India and also Ceylon, but generally with whitish tail; one 

 Tenasserim specimen, however, is unusually rufous, with the tail coloured 

 uniformly with the upper-parts. 



Many specimens of this animal require to be collected and compared 

 together. 



*77. SciUEOPTEETJS PHATEEI. 



Sciuropterus phayrei, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxviii. p. 278; S. sagitta, apud Blytli, ibid. 

 xxiv. p. 187. 



Pegu, Tenasserim Provinces, and Cambodj a, where it was obtained by 

 Mouhot. It is akin to S. horsfieldi, "Waterhouse (S. aurantiaeus } Wagler), 

 of the Malayan peninsula. 



*78. S. SPADICEUS. 



Sciuropterus spadiceus, Blytli, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 867, pi. xxxvi. fig. 1. KywaUshoo- 

 byan, Arakan. 



It inhabits Arakan, and is a diminutive species, of the same size as 

 S. volueella of North America. 



Sub-fam. Sciurinje (Squirrels). 

 *79. SCIUETTS MACEUEOIDES (J. 151). 



Sciurus maeruroides, Hodgson. Zeng-thet, Arakan; Sheu (generic), Tenasserim, 

 Mason. 



The large Black Squirrel. This is the Himalayan S. bicolor, auct., with 

 densely clad ear-conch, whereas Malayan specimens referred to the same 

 have an almost nude ear-conch. There is a Tenasserim local race, with 

 broad pale transverse band on the loins, forming a kind of cincture. The 

 true S. bicolor, Sparrman, is now identified with the Javanese race, S. 

 hypoleucus, Horsfield, which is not larger than the S. macrourus com- 



