VARIED SQUIRREL^ 
far compleatly to correspond It is of a. 
reddish colour ; has blackish stripes on each 
side; and, like the fornier,*' meaning the 
Brasilian Squirrel, or Coquallin of BuiFon, 
delights not in trees," 
Here, too, as well as in the Coquallin, we find 
a trait of distinction between even the Striped 
Squirrels, that of preferring the ground to 
trees ; which seems to imply, that there may 
have been two different families, in their ori- 
gin, of the Striped Squirrels only* 
From these speculative ideas, hov/ever, we 
proceed to the a6lual description of the Varied 
Squirrel, as accurately figured and described 
by Edwards. 
The nose and feet of this animal arc of a 
pale red colour; the eyes arc full; and the 
cars are plain. The ridge of the h?.ck h 
marked with a black streak ; and each side lias 
•"^aipale yellow stripe, bounded above a.id be* 
low with a line of black. I'lie head, body, 
and tail, arc of a reddish brown hue ; and the 
breast and belly arc white. 
Varied 
