SOIURID^E— SCIURUS NIGER 717 



SCIURUS NIGER Linn. 



Fox Squirrel. 



Var. niger. 



Southern Fox Squirrel. 



Sciurus niger Catesby, Carolina, ii, 1743, 73, pi. lxxiii.— Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i, 1758, 64; i, 1766, 8G 

 (based on Catesby's "Black Squirrel" of Catesby's Carolina). — Erxleben, Syst. Reg. Anim. 

 1777, 417.— Schreber, Siiuget. iv, 1792, 776, pi. ccxv, ccxv*.— Shaw, Gen. Zool. ii, 1801, 139. — 

 "Ord, Guthrie's Geog. (2d Ara.ed.) ii, 1815, 292."— Desmarest, Mam. ii, 1822, 334.— Lesson, 

 Man. de Mam. 1827, 235.— Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. ii, 1871, 170. — Maynard, Bull. 

 Essex Inst, iv, 1872, 145. 



Sciurus cinereus var. niger Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xvi, 1874, 287. 



Sciurus variegatus Erxleben, Syst. Reg. Anim. 1777, 421 (mixed with Mexican species). — Gmelin, Syst. 

 Nat. i, 1788, 151 (iu part).— Schreber, Siiuget. iv, 1792, 789, pi. ccviii (in part ; the plate is 

 Buffou's Coquallin).— Desmarest, Mam. 1822, 333.— Fischer, Synop. Mam. 1829, 352 (in 

 part). — Schinz, Synop. Mam ii, 1*45, 17 (in part); and also of other compilers. 



Sciurus vulpinus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 147.— Godman, Am. Nat. Hist, ii, 1826, 128.— M'Murtrie, 

 M'Murtrie's Cuvier (Am. ed.) i, 1831, 433.— Baird, Mam. N. Am. 1857, 246. 



Macroxus vulpinus Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. xx, 1867, 420. 



Sciurus capistratus Bosc, Ann. du. Museum, i, 1802,281. — Desmarest, Mam. ii, 1822, 332. — Harlan, Faun. 

 Amer. 1825, 175— Lesson, Man. de Mam. 1827, 232.— H. Smith, Griffith's Cuvier's An. King, 

 iii, 1827, 178 (with plate); v, 1827,253— Fischer, Synop. Mam. 1829, 351.— Bachman, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond. 1835, 85; Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist, iii, 1839, 117; Am. Jonrn. Sci. 

 and Arts, xxxvii, 1839, 291. — Wagner, Suppl. Scbreber's Siiuget. iii, 1843, 156, pi. ccxiii B 

 (gray variety— no description). — Schinz, Synop. Mam. ii, 1845, 5. — Audubon & Bachman, 

 Quad. N. Am. ii, 1851, 132, pi. lxviii. 



Sciurus rufiventris M'Murtrie's Cuvier's An. King. (Am. ed.) i, 1831, 433. — Schinz, Synop. Mam. ii, 1845, 6. 



Sciurus iexianus Bachman, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1838, 86; Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist, iii, 1839, 154; 

 Silliman's Am. Jonrn. Sci. and Arts, xxxvii, 1839, 295. 



Le Capistrate, F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. des Mam. livr. xxvii, 1819 (plate and text). 



Capistrate gris, F. Cuvier, Hist, des Mamm. livr. xlviii, 1825 (plate and text). 



Black Squirrel, Catesby, Pennant, and others. 



Le Coquallin, Bukfon, Hist. Nat. xiii, 1765, 109, pi. xiii (description and 6gnre). 



Var. cinereus. 

 Northern Fox Squirrel. 



Sciurus cinereus Linn-EUS, Syst. Nat. i, 1758,64; i, 1766. 86.— Erxleben, Syst. Reg. Anim. 1777,418. — 

 Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 147. — Schreber, Siiuget. iv, 1792, 766, ccxiii (name on plate). — 

 Shaw, Gen. Zo51. ii, 1801, 137.— Godman, Am. Nat. Hist, ii, 1826, 129.— H. Smith, Griffith's 

 Cuvier, iii, 1827, 177 ; v, 1827, 253.— M'Murtrie, M'Murtrie's Cuvier (Am. ed.), i, 1831, 433.— 

 Bachman, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vi, 1838, 89; Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist, iii, 1839, 159; 

 Silliman's Amer. Journ. Sci. and Arts, xxxvii, 1839, 297.— Wagner, Suppl. Schreber's Siiuget, 

 iii, 1843, 158 — Schinz, Synop. Mam. ii, 1845,7.— Audubon & Bachman, Quad. N.Am. i, 1849, 

 145, pi. xvii.— Baird, Mam. N. Am. 1857, 248, pi. xlviii, fig. 2 (skull).— Allen, Bull. Mus. 

 Comp. Zool. i, 1869, 222. 



Sciurus cinereus var. cinereus Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xvi, 1874, 287. 



Sciurus vulpinus SCHREBER, Siiuget. iv, 1792, 772, pi. ccxv, B. 



Sciurus virginianus, Kerr's Linmeus's Syst. Nat. 259, 1792. 



t" Sciurus nuemalis Ord, Guthrie's Geog. (2d Am. ed.) ii, 1815, 292, 304." 



f Macroxus neglect us Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. xx, 1867, 425. 



Capistrate a longue queue, F. Cuvier, Hist, des Mam. livr. Iv, 1826. 



Fox Squirrel, Cat Squirrel, Vulgo, and of authors. 



