SCIURUS. 09 



Macroxtis maurus^GTay, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d Ser., xx, 1867, 



p. 425- 

 Schtrus variegatus Sumichrast, La Naturaleza, v, 1882, p. 324. 

 Sciurus rufiventris Rovirosa, La Naturaleza, vii, 1887, p. 360. 

 Schtrus atireogaster Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1890, 



p. 181. (nee Cuvier.) 

 Sciurus aureigaster hypopyrrhus Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & 



W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 116. Zool. Ser. 

 Fire-bellied Squirrel. 



Type locality. State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Southern part of the State of Vera Cruz and States 

 of Oaxaca, Tabasco, and Chiapas, Mexico. 



b. Sciurus aureigaster frumentor Nelson. 



Sciurus atireogaster frumentor Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xii, 

 1898, p. 154. 



Sciurus aureigaster frumentor Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 117. Zool. Ser. 

 Perote Squirrel. 



Type locality. Las Vigas, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. "East and north base of the Cape de Perote, and 

 eastern slope of the Cordillera near Las Vigas, State of Vera Cruz, 

 Mexico, in pine and oak forests, at 6,000-8,000 feet." 



139. Sciurus poliopus (Fitzinger). 



Sciurus albipes Wagn., Abhandl. Math.-Phys. CI. K. Bayer Akad. 



Wiss. Munchen, 11, 1837, pp. 501-506. (nee Kerr.) 

 Sciurus varius Wagn., Schreb. Saugth., Suppl., iii, 1843, P- 168. 

 Sciurus variegatus poliopus Fitz., Sitzung. K, Akad. Wiss. Wien, i, 



1867, p. 478. 

 Sciurus variegatus rufipes Fitz., Sitzung. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, i, 



1867, p. 478. 

 Macroxus leucops Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d Ser., xx, 1867, 



p. 427. 

 Sciurus variegatus Alston, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 660. 

 Sciurus wagneri Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1898, p. 



453- 

 Sciurus poliopus Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. 

 C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 117. Zool. Ser. 

 Oaxaca Squirrel. 



Type locality. Cerro San Felipe, State of Oaxaca, Mexico, 

 Geogr. Distr. Mountains about Valley of Oaxaca, except those on 

 the west, at 7,500-11,000 feet altitude. 



