SCIURUS. 



Geogr. />istr. Formerly from northern Virginia to southern Xe\v 

 England; no\v from mountains of West Virginia northward intx? west- 

 ern Pennsylvania. 



133. Sciurus niger Linmeus. 



inrns ni^ci Linn., Syst. Xat., I, i75>S, p. 64. Elliot. Syn. X. Am. 



Mamm., I : . C. M. Pul>., II, 1901, p. 51, fig. 10. '/,<><>]. Ser. 

 Scinrns cincrcits Linn.. Syst. Xat., i, 1758, p. 64. (Part.) 

 :irns ml finits Gmcl., Syst. Xat., I, 1788, p. 147. 

 ;:trns capistratns Bosc., Ann. Mus. Paris, i, 1808, p. 281. 

 BLACK Fox SQUIRREL. 



7'r/v locality. South Carolina? 



Geogr. Distr. Virginia to Florida east of the Alleghanies; and on 

 the coast of the Gulf of Mexico to Louisiana. 



V. Otosciurns. 



134. Sciurus aberti Woodhouse. 



Scinrns ahcrti Woodh., Proc. Acad. Xat. Scien. Phil., 1852, p. 

 220. Elliot, Syn. X. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, 

 p. 57, fig. 13. Zool. Ser. 

 iitrnx (/(T.M///.S \Voodh., Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1852, p. 



no. (nee Gray.) 

 ABERT'S SQUIRKI i 



T\-f>c locality. San Francisco Mountains, Coconino County, Ari- 

 zona. 



Geogr. Distr. XV\v Mexico, Arizona, and mountains of Colorado? 



n. Sfinritx iihi'i-li iniiniix McTriam. 



S( inrns ahcrti minute Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvn, 1(^04, 



i>. ISO- 

 MI M ic SQUIRREL. 



Y'r/v l.xalily. Hall Peak, Cimarron Mountains, New Mexico. 



//. ('liar. Similar to >'. al>citi. luit paler on upper parts, and 

 red dorsal area m-arly olisolete; tail paler; ear tufts pale fulvous. 



.!/. mentS. Total length, 4X5 ; tail vertebra-, 215 ; hind foot, 70. 







h. Srinrtrx iiln-1-li /'/'///// x True. 



Si inrns ahcrti concolor True, 1'roc. L'. S. Nat. Mus., iS()4. p. 241. 

 Elliot. Syn. X. Am. Mamm., F, C. M. Pub., 11, i go i . p. 57. 



'/."< n S 



itnts ahcrli jcn, :: True, PrOC. l>iol. Soc \\"a.->h., x 1 1 1 , 1900, 



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