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‘ This species is emphatically the village squirrel of the Patani States, and 
it is very exceptionable to find it otherwise than in the immediate proximity 
of dwellings. It is exceedingly abundant in the cocoanut groves and orchards, 
and commits great ravages among the fruit, being particularly destructive to 
the jack fruit or nangka {Artocarpus integrifolia). It is commonly seen on 
the trees in the early morning, up till about 9 a.m., and after about 4 p.m., 
and in the heat of the day remains hidden in the crowns of the palms, where 
it also forms nests similar to the drey of the British species. In South Perak, 
if it occurs, it must be very rare, and we never saw a specimen, but in the 
neighbourhood of Kuala Lumpur it, or a closely allied species, is fairly 
abundant. An entirely black variety was seen at Biserat on several occasions.’ 
Mr. Annandale also notes : — ‘ On the upper reaches of the Patani River, 
the village squirrel was an almost uniformly grey species. A grey species 
very similar in appearance extended also, as far as I could see, from Lampam, 
in Patalung, to Trang, though it was absent, or very rare, in the Jarum district 
and in Upper Perak.’ 
38. Sciurus macclellandi leucotis (Temm.) 
Tamias leucotis, ‘Eemminck^ Zool. sur la cbte de Guenee, p. 252 (1853). 
Sciurus macclellandi, (Horsf.) Flower^ P,Z,S. 1900, p. 357. 
Sciurus macclellandi leucotis, Bonhote^ Ann, Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) v, p. 53 (1900). 
a-c. 2 $ , 9 - Telom, Perak- Pahang boundary, alt. 4000'. January, 1902. 
d, e. ^ , 9 * Semangko Pass, Selangor, alt. 2700'. loth May, 1902. 
‘ This beautiful little species was not met with on the Eastern side of the 
Peninsula. In Perak and Selangor it is certainly a miountain form, and I do 
not think that it occurs much below 3000'. It was very common at Telom, and 
was also very abundant on the mountains round the Semangko Pass. It is 
very largely an insectivorous species, and seems to keep chiefly to the trunk 
and main branches of the trees, running along them with its tail pressed close 
against the bark.’ 
39. Sciurus tenuis surdus, Miller 
Sciurus tenuis surdus. Mill. Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. ii, p. 80 (1900). 
Sciurus tenuis, (Horsf.) Flower^ P.Z.S. 1900, p. 357 ; Bonhote, loc. cit., p. 878. 
a-d. 
Of 
Bukit Besar, Nawngchik, 2500'. 
May, 1901. 
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Bukit Besar, Nawngchik, 2500'. 
26th August and ist September. 
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Bukit Besar, Nawngchik, 2500'. 
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juv. 
Bukit Besar, Nawngchik, 2500'. 
27th August. 
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Telom, Perak-Pahang boundary, alt. 4000'. 
January, 1902. 
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Semangko Pass, Selangor, alt. 2700'. 
I 3th May, 1902. 
