S Q_U I R R E L.' 
Quaiihtecollotlquapachtli, Fer- LeCoqyallin. deBujfon, xiii. log. 21 1. Varied. 
nandez No<v. Hlfp. 8. tab. xiii. 
Sq, with plain ears *, upper part of the body varied 
with black, white and brown : the belly tawny * : 
twice the fize of the common fquirrel. 
Inhabits Mexico ; lives under ground, where it 
brings forth its young, and lays in a flock of win¬ 
ter food ; lives on Mayz : is never to be tamed. 
Thefe probably vary in fize *, I have feen one that 
feemed to be of this fpecies, but not fuperior in 
fize to the common fquirrel; the colors were brown, 
orange, and cinereous : the belly orange. 
Sciurns fiavus. Sc. auriculis fub- lis, corpora luteo. Lin. jyft. 86, 21Z p AlR 
rotundis, pedihus pentadafty- Am*ri,Acad. 1 .561. * * 
Sq. with the body and tail of a flaxen color: of a 
very fmali fize, with plain round ears, and rounded 
tail. 
Inhabits the woods near Amadabad , the capital 
of Guzarat , in great abundance, leaping from tree 
to tree -f. Linn a us fays it is an inhabitant of South 
America . 
* Called by the Indians , Coztiocotequallin , or yellow belly, 
t L’Ecureuil blond. Della Valla, p. 84. 
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