SCIURUS. 1-J9 



black; tail above black, washed with white, beneath grizzled yellowish 

 brown or rusty, bordered with black and edged narrowly with white; 

 ears and basal patches, rusty; border of ears black. 



Measurements. Total length, 506; tail vertebrae, 258; hind foot, 

 60. Skull: average of four; basal length, 48.8; palatal length, 25.5; 

 interorbital width, 19.6; zygomatic width, 33.7; length of upper 

 molar series, 11.4. 



93. variegatoides (Sciurus), Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1839, p. 117. 

 pyladci Less., Nouv. Tabl. Regn. Anim., Mamm., 1842, p. 112. 

 colli&i Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d Ser., xx, 1867, p. 746. 



(Part. var. i.) 



hypopyrrhus Allen, Mon. N. Am. Rodent., 1877, pp. 746-750. 



(Part. Salvador specimens.) 

 VARIEGATED SQUIRREL. 



Type locality. Salvador, west coast Central America. 



Geogr. Distr. Tropical forests of Salvador, West Coast of Central 

 America. 



Genl. Char. Tail slender; base of tail and upper parts yellowish 

 gray. 



Color. Upper parts, outer side of arms and legs above, and base 

 of tail grizzled yellowish gray; under parts buffy ochraceous; lower 

 part of arms and legs, and hands and feet dark ochraceous buff; 

 chin and cheeks grayish buff; tail above black, washed with white, 

 beneath grizzled buffy gray, bordered by black and edged with white, 

 ears pale rusty; basal patches buff, bordered faintly with black. 



Measurements. Total length, 545; tail vertebras, 280; hind foot, 

 66 Skull: basal length, 49; palatal length, 26; interorbital breadth, 

 20; zygomatic width, 34; length of upper molar series, n. 



94. managuensis (Sciurus), Nelson, Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., i, 



1899, P- 81. 



boothicB managuensis Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xn, 1898, 



p. 150. 

 Rio MANAGUA SQUIRREL. 



Type locality. Managua River, Guatemala. 



Geogr. Distr. Northern Guatemala, along Managua River. 



Genl. Char. Pelage dense ; hair coarse ; tail long, narrow. 



Color. Above with base of tail grizzled yellowish brown; crown 

 and median dorsal region washed with black; sides and outer sides 

 of arms and legs suffused with yellowish; chin and sides of head 

 yellowish brown ; under parts dingy yellow to reddish buff ; tail above 

 black, washed with white, beneath grizzled grayish or yellowish 

 brown, bordered with black and edged with white; hands and feet 



