No. 284 Sciurus Erythræus. — The Assam Red-bellied Squirrel
Habitat.—Assam, Garo hills, Munipur.
Description.—The upper parts glistening deep reddish-black, minutely grizzled with light fulvous or yellowish-brown, each hair having two annulations; under parts and inside of limbs dark reddish maroon; feet black; tail concolorous with the back from the basal third, then gradually less grizzled; the terminal half black; whiskers black. Pallas describes the black of the tail as passing upwards in a mesial line.
Size.—Head and body, about 9 to 10 inches; tail with hair, from 11 to 12 inches.
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