SCIURUS C E PA P I.—S m it h .
M am m a lia .— P la t e V . (M a l e .)
S. supra ochreus, brunneo-nigro leviter marmoratus; corporis lateribus pedibusque ochreis; labio
superiors, stria superciliari, corporisque partibus inferioribus albis, ventre flavo-tincto; caudd distich
&, ochred brunneo-nigro variegate; auriculis brevibus, apicibus obtusis, margine extemo versus
apicem emarginato; oculis brunneis.
Longitudo co rp o ris cum ca p ite 7 f unc., cciuclce 7 unc.
Sciubus Cepapi, App. to Rep. of Exp. page 43, June, 1836.
C o l o u r .— Face ochry yellow, pencilled with black; the upper part of the
head and neck, the back, and the flanks grizzled light ochre-yellow and
brownish black, each hair being brownish black at the base, then ochry
yellow, then brownish black, and finally ochre-yellow; some hare their
pxtreme points blackish brown; the upper surface of the tail is also grizzled
in the same manner as the back, only the proportion of the brownish Hack
colour is greater, and hence the dark colour is there more conspicuous, and gives
rise in some specimens to the appearance of a number of irregular dark bars ;
the upper lip, a short stripe over each eye, the chin, the throat, the breast,
the belly, and the inner sides of the legs white, sometimes faintly tinged with
yellow ; the sides of the head, neck and body, and the outer and hinder sides
of the legs ochre-yellow; the hair of the hinder legs deep black at its base;
anterior surface of ears pale yellowish white; posterior surface dull white ;
incisor teeth reddish orange; eyes dark brown ; whiskers black; nails deep
brown.*
F orm , &c .—Figure rather slender; head small; the anterior molar of
the upper jaw very small, suhcylindrical with the crown entire; the remaining
four concave, the crowns towards the outer sides divided each into two portions
by a fine transverse groove; the anterior molar of the lower jaw semi-
cylindrical, the crown divided into three tubercles; the other three molars
on each side nearly similar to those of the upper jaw ; ears short, with a
slight emargination in the outer edge a little below their points; the latter
The tints vary a little in different specimens.