A. Parasciuras, Troness. 



Premolars, '^'. Skull: brain case narrow at occiput, not inHated 

 over parietal region, long, narrow; rostrum long, broad: nasals broad, 

 molar series large, heavj-. 



Fig. 10. SciuRus (Parasciurusi niger. 



No. 431 Kield Columbian Museum Coll. Nat. si/i 



71. niger. (Sdiirus), Linn. Syst. Nat., 1758, i, p. 64. 

 iiiureus, Linn. Syst. Nat., 1758, i, p. 64. (Part). 

 vulpintis, Gmel. Syst. Nat., 1788, i, p. 147. 

 capislratus, Bosc. Ann. Mus., 1808, 1, p. 2S1. 

 Type locality. South Carolina? 



