LONG-TAILED SQUIRREL. 129 



the ears are plain or not tufted. It is a native of 

 Madagascar. 



LONG-TAILED SQUIRREL. 



Sciurus Macrourus. S, fuscus, suhtus albido-JlaxescenSj cauda 



corpore duph longiore. 

 Dark-brown Squirrel, yellowish white beneath, with the tail 



twice the length of the body. 

 Sciurus Macrourus. S. cauda corpore dvplo longiore grisea, 



Lin, Si/st, Nat. Gmel. p. 148. 

 Sciurus zeylonicus, &c. Rukkaia dictus. Raj^ Quadr, p. 215, 

 Long-tailed Squirrel. Penn. Ind. Zool.pL i. 



This was first described by Mr. Pennant in the 

 Indian Zoology, and is said to be thrice the size 

 of the common European Squirrel, with the crown 

 of the head and the back black, and the cheeks, 

 legs, and belly, of a dull yellow : between the ears 

 is a yellow spot, and from each ear is a bifurcated 

 black line pointing down the cheeks : the feet are 

 black above^ and red and naked beneath : the tail 

 is near twice the length of the body, very full of 

 hair, and of a light ash-colour : at the part next 

 the body the hairs surround it, but on the re- 

 mainder they flatten or spread on each side. 



There is some reason for doubting whether this 

 animal be really distinct from the preceding spe- 

 cies. It is said to be found in Geylon and Mala- 

 bar. Mr. Pennant's description was made from 

 the drawing engraved in the Indian Zoology, and 

 upon the fidelity of the drawing must depend that 

 of the description. 



V. II. p. 1, a 



