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is an animal not very distinctly known. Mr. 

 Schreber seems to entertain some doubt whether 

 it properly belongs to this genus. 



BRASILIAN SQUIRREL. 



Sciunis jEstuans. S. griseus, subfm Jiave&cens, Lin. Syst, Nat, 

 Gmel. p. 1^1. 



Dusky Squirrel, yellow beneath, with longitudinal white stripe 



in the middle. 

 Brasilian Squirrel. Pennant Qmdr. 2. p. 149. 



The first describer of this species was Mr. 

 Pennant, who was presented with two specimens 

 brought from South America. The head, body, 

 and sides, are covered with soft dusky hairs tipped 

 with yellow : the ears are plain, or without tufts ; 

 the tail rounded, and the hairs annulated, with 

 black and yellow : the throat cinereous, the in- 

 side of the legs and the belly yellow^ the latter 

 divided down the middle by a white line, inter- 

 rupted for a small space, and then continued to 

 the tail. The length of the animal is eight inches 

 and a quarter to the tail, and the tail ten. 



