ipccies of fqinrrels are capable of; and though called, from this circumftaiice, by the name of
flying fquirrels, are unable to continue that a6tion in the manner of bats. The moft elegant
fjjecies of flying fquirrel is a native of feveral of the northern parts of Europe as well as of
America; and is much fmaller than the common fquirrel. Squirrels are of various colours:
in America is a very large and elegant fpecies of a beautiful uniform filver grey: there is alfo
a fpecies, or at leaft a permanent variety, which is totally black. Befides thefe, there are other
fpecies which are ftriped and varied with different colours. The fpecies here figured is of a high
tawny brown, above, very ftrongly tinctured with orange, while the lower part of the body is
of a clear orange-yellow, or fulvous: the tail is of a deeper colour than the body with a very
predominating mixture of orange, and is moderately long and bufhy: the infides of the legs
and the feet are of a paler colour than the other parts: the ears are fomewhat fliort, not tufted
as in many animals of this genus, and of a flelh-colour within: the vibriflk or whifkers are
fomewhat long, and fome fcattered hairs grow on the hinder part of the joints of the fore-legs:
the claws are moderately ftrong and brown. It is a native of South America.
A fpecies of fquirrel allied to this in colour, but not the fame, is defcribed by Dr. Sparmann,
under the name of Sciurus Javenfis, and is figured by the lame title in Mr . Schreber's
Quadrupeds, at plate 206.
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