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SCIURUS MUSTELINES . — A u d . and Bach. 
Weasel-like Squirrel. 
PLATE CLII.— Male. Fig. 1. 
S. Cervice longissima ; cauda corpore longiore ; pilis curtis, rigidis, 
compressis, teretibus ; omni corporis parte nigerrima. 
CHARACTERS. 
JVec/c, very long ; tail , longer than the body ; hair, short, rigid, adpressed, 
and glossy ; the whole body, jet black. 
SYNONYME. 
Sciurus Mustelinus — Weasel Squirrel. Aud. and Bach., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Phil., Oct. 5, 1841, p. 32. 
DESCRIPTION. 
The unusually long neck of this species, together with its long slender 
body, and smooth lustrous hair, give it somewhat the appearance of a 
weasel, and suggested to us the specific name. 
Ears, of moderate size, and nearly naked, there being only a few hairs 
on the borders ; feet, covered with very short hairs, which only reach to 
the roots of the nails ; tail, long, not bushy, moderately distichous. 
COLOUR. 
The hairs, in every part of the body, are deep black from the roots to 
the tips, and the surface is glossy. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Length of head and body - 
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Inches. Lines. 
- 10 
“ tail, - 
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- 13 
Prom shoulder to point of nose, 
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- 3 10 
Tarsus, 2 5 
Height of ear posteriorly, ..... 6 
