124 SCIUROPTERUS. 



h. Sciiiropterns alpinus stephensi (Merriam). 



Sciuropterus oregonensis stephensi Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 



XIII, 1900, p. 151. 

 Sciuropterus stephensi Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. III. Zool. Ser. 

 Stephens' Flying Squirrel. 



Type locality. Sherwood, Mendocino County, California. Alti- 

 tude, 2,500 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. Western California. 



i. Sciuropfeiiis alpinus ban^si Rhoads. 



Sciuropterus alpinus bangsi Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 

 1897, P- 321- (Footnote.) 

 Bangs' Flying Squirrel. 



Type locality. Idaho County, Idaho. 



Geogr. Distr. Idaho. 



Genl. Char. Smaller aTid darker than 5. alpinus. 



Color. Sides of face, lips, eyelids, and ears smoky gray shaded with 

 brown ; upper parts of body wood brown ; underparts tinged with wood 

 brown, darkest on sides of abdomen; tail heavily shaded with black 

 above and below; hands and feet grayish plumbaceous. 



Measurements. Total length, 304; tail vertebrae, 146; l^ind foot, 

 40; ear from crown, 16. 



242. Sciuropterus sabrinus (Shaw). 



Sciurus sabrinus Shaw, Gen. Zool., i, 1801, p. 157. 



Sciurus hudsonius Gmel., Syst. Nat., i, 1788, p. 153. (nee Pallas.) 



Sciurus acrobates Wagn., Schreb. Saugth., Suppl., iv, 1843, p. 

 231, pi. ccxxii, B. 



Sciuropterus sabrinus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 107. Zool. Ser. 

 Boreal Flying Squirrel. 



Type locality. Severn River, Keewatin, Canada. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern boreal North America, south to northern 

 New York and southern New Hampshire. 



a. Sciuropterus sabrinus macrotis Meams. 



Sciuropterus sabrinus macrotis Meams, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 XXI, 1899, (1898), p. 353, figs. I, 2, 3. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. 

 Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 108. Zool. Ser. 

 Large-eared Flying Squirrel. 



Type locality. Hunter Mountain, Catskill Mountains, Greene 

 County, New York. 



Geogr. Distr. Northern border of the United States, east of the 

 Great Lakes. 



