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during the day. It is particularly fond of the Durian, the fruit of 

 Durio Zibet hinus, Linne. The flying squirrel has this partiality, in 

 common with various other animals, as monkeys, Pteropi and Para- 

 doxuri ; nay, the Malays assert, that they have to watch this, their 

 favourite fruit, against tigers. 



In a female, measuring from the extremity of the nose to the root of 

 the tail, one foot six and half inches ; the tail one foot nine inches : the 

 intestinal canal was of the following dimensions — 



Small Intestines, . . . . 7 feet 4J inches. 



Large, 5 „ 2 ,, 



Caecum,.. .. .. .. 2 ,, 4 „ 



Sciuropterus, Fred. Cuvier. 



Sciuropterus Horsfieldii, Waterhouse, 

 Syn. — Pteromys aurantiacus, Wagner, apud Gray : List. 

 Hab. — Malayan Peninsula. 

 Java ? Sumatra ? 

 A single skin, brought from Keddah, measured from the apex of the 

 nose to the root of the tail eight and three-eighth inches ; the tail eleven 

 inches. 



Sciuropterus genibarbis. 

 Syn. — Pteromys genibarbis, Horsfield. 



" Kechubu" Horsfield. 

 Hab. — Malayan Peninsula. 

 Java. 

 Of two, the larger, a male, measured from the apex of the nose to the 

 root of the tail seven and half inches ; the tail seven inches. 



MuRID^E. 



Gen. — Mus, Linne'. 

 Mus bandicota, Bechstein. 



I 



Syn.— Mus giganteus, Hardwicke, 



Mus malabaricus, Shaw, 



Mus perchal, Shaw, V Apud Gray : List. 



Mus Icria, Buchan. Ham. MS. i 



Mus nemorivagus, Hodgson, j 



Tikus besar of the Malays of the Peninsula. 

 Hab. — Pinang, Malayan Peninsula. 



Southern Mahratta Country, Bengal, Nipal. 



