84 SCIURUS. 



Geogr. Distr. Forests of San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower Cali- 

 fornia. Altitude, 7,000 feet. 



158. Sciurus fremonti Audubon and Bachman. 



Sciurus fremonti Aud. & Bachm., Quad. N. Am., in, 1853, p. 237. 

 Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 66. 

 Zool. Ser. 

 Fremont's Chickaree. 



Type locality. South Pass, Rocky Mountains, Park Region, Cen- 

 tral" Colorado. 



Geogr. Distr. Mountains of Colorado and the .Uintah Mountains, 

 Utah, to the southern border of Wyoming. 



a. Sciurus frert^onti mogoUonensis (Meams). 



Sciurus hudsonius mogollonensis Meams, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



N. Y., 1887-90, p. 277. 

 Sciurus fremonti mogollonensis Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. 

 M. Pub., II, 1901, p. 67. Zool. Ser. 

 Arizona Chickaree. 



Type locality. Quaking Asp Settlement, summit of Mogollon 

 Mountains, Arizona. 



Geogr. Distr. High Mountains and plateaus of central Arizona. 



b. Sciurus fremonti neomexiconns Allen. 



Sciurus fremonti neomexicanus Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



N, Y., 1898, p. 291. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



Pub., II, 1901, p. 67. Zool. Ser. 

 Taos Chickaree. 



Type locality. Hay ado Canon, Colfax County, New Mexico. 

 Geogr. Distr. Taos Range, New Mexico. 



c. Sciurus fremonti lychnuchus Stone and Rehn. 



Sciurus fremonti lychnuchus .Stone and Rehn, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Scien. Phil., 1903, p. 18. 

 RuiDoso Chickaree. 



Type locality. Forks of the Ruidoso (White Mountains), Lincoln- 

 County, New Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. New Mexico, range unknown. 



Genl. Char. Similar to 5. /. nemnexicanus , but larger and more 

 rufous ; nasals longer. 



Color. Above dull ferrugineous, deepest on rump; sides pale 

 rufescent with ochraceous tinge; lateral line narrow, indistinct; head 

 washed with blackish; orbital ring white; ear ferrugineous, tips 

 blackish; arms rufescent, lateral fringe of hands white; legs dull fer- 



