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Show 1900.] MAMMALS OF SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA. 357 116. SCIURUS GRISEIMANUS M.-Edw. The Grey-footed Squirrel. Ridley (J. S. B. R. A. S. no. 25, Jan. 1894, p. 59), in a " List of Mammals recorded from Pahang," includes " Sciurus griseimanus, A. M.-Edwards," but unfortunately gives no details about it. Distribution. Cochinchina, Cambodia, Upper Burma (Blanf.Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 381), Laos (O. Thomas, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 68), and Malay Peninsula? N.B.-SCIURUS ATRIDORSALIS Gray. The Black-backed Squirrel. Sciurus atridorsalis, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 382. O. Thomas (P. Z. S. 1886, p. 76) records a single specimen from Klang collected by Davison, but says :-" There is possibly some mistake in the labelling of this specimen, as the species is not otherwise known to occur south of Tavoy, Tenasserim, and the specimen exactly matches some of Mr. Davison's Moulmein skins.'' Davison (J. S. B. R. A. S. no. 20,1889, p. 84) says he " obtained one specimen of the common squirrel Sciurus atrodorsalvi" on Pulo Tioman in August 1889 ! Distribution. Burma. 117. SCIURUS MACCLELLANDI Horsfield. The Striped Himalayan Squirrel. Sciurus macclellandi, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 386. In the Museum at Taiping, Perak, there is a stuffed specimen of S. macclellandi barbei from Taiping (it is labelled S. tenuis Horsf.). In the Siamese Museum there are two specimens, also of the barbei race, from Petchaburi, Siam. I obtained a single individual in a tree in a wood near Bortong Kabin, 26th March, 1897. Distribution. Sikhim, Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Cachar, Manipur, China, Formosa, Cochinchina, Siam, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula (Perak, Malacca). N.B.-Mr. J. L. Bonhote (A. M. N. H. ser. 7, vol. v. p. 53, 1900) distinguishes specimens from Perak as Sciurus macclellandi leucotis (Temm.), differing from S. barbei in having the light stripes narrow and hair of ear white at base. 118. SCIURUS TENUIS Horsfield. The Slender Squirrel. Sciurus tenuis, Cantor, p. 42. Cantor records this species from Singapore and the Peninsula, and apparently found it rare, only observing two individuals. Horsfield (Cat. Mamm. Mus. East India Co. 1851, p. 154) mentions a specimen from Singapore, collected by Finlayson. O. Thomas (P. Z. S. 1886, p. 76) records eleven specimens from the Malay Peninsula; they are from Klang and Ulu Langhat in Selangor, from Malacca, from Gunong Pulai in Johore, and from Singapore, and says " these specimens are all very similar, and precisely agree with Horsfield's type." PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1900, No. XXIV. 24 |