No. 285 Sciurus Gordoni. — Gordon’s Squirrel
Habitat.—Upper Burmah.
Description.—Dr. Anderson, who first named this species, describes it as follows: “S. Gordoni has the upper surface and a narrow line from between the fore-limbs along the middle of the body grizzled olive-brown or greyish, with a variable rufous tint; the annulations are not so fine as in S. erythræus. The chin and sides of the throat are paler grizzled than on the back and the lower part of the throat; the chest, belly, and inside of the limbs are either pale yellow or rich orange-yellow, or passing into pale chestnut in the Assam variety, in which the belly is rarely lineated. The ears are feebly pencilled; the tail has the same proportion as in S. erythræus and S. castaneoventris[20] but it is more persistently and uniformly concolorous with the body than in these species, and is finely ringed with black and yellow, the rings being most distinct on the latter fourth; the tip is generally washed with orange yellow” (‘Anat. and Zool. Res.’).
20 A Chinese species: Western China, Formosa and Hainau.—R. A. S.
Size.—Head and body, 9 inches; tail, 7 inches.
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