RODENTIA: SCIURIDAE 247 



1920. Sciurus variegatoides adolphei Goldman, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 

 69, No. 5, p. 136, Apr. 26, 1920. 



Type Locality. — Realejo, Chinandega, Nicaragua. Range. — Known only from 

 Corinto and Realejo on west coast of Nicaragua and from Volcan Chinandega 

 (Harris, op. cit., p. 16) . 



Sciurus variegatoides belti Nelsonf * 



1899. Sciurus boothiae belti Nelson, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 1, p. 78, 



May 9, 1899. 

 1937. Sciurus variegatoides belti Harris, Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. Misc. 



Publ. 38, p. 13, Sept. 4, 1937. 

 Type Locality. — Escondido River, 50 miles above Bluefields, Zelaya, Nicaragua. 

 Range. — Eastern slopes of mountains of Honduras and Nicaragua to Atlantic 

 coast, including approximately entire eastern halves of these countries (Harris, 

 loc. cit.) . 



Sciurus variegatoides dorsalis Gray* 



1849. Sciurus dorsalis Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1848, pt. 16, p. 138, 

 June 1, 1849. 



1899. Sciurus adolphei dorsalis Nelson, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 1, 

 p. 74, May 9, 1899. 



1920. Sciurus variegatoides dorsalis Goldman, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 69, 

 No. 5, p. 136, Apr. 24, 1920. 



Type Locality. — "Erroneously given as Caracas, Venezuela." (Specimens 

 from Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, are regarded as typical by Nelson, loc. 

 cit.) Range. — Southwestern Nicaragua and northwestern Costa Rica from Lake 

 Managua to Puntarenas, and from Pacific coast eastward to summit of Sierra 

 Tilaran, Costa Rica. In Costa Rica this form is found throughout the Province 

 of Guanacaste (except in extreme southern end of Nicoya Peninsula) and also in 

 northern coastal region of Province of Puntarenas south to Chomes (Harris, Univ. 

 Michigan Mus. Zool. Misc. Publ. 38, p. 20, Sept. 4, 1937) . 



Sciurus variegatoides atrirufus Harris 



1930. Sciurus adolphei atrirufus Harris, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan 

 No. 219, p. 2, Oct. 15, 1930. 



Type Locality. — Tambor, Nicoya Peninsula, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. 

 Range. — Known only from vicinity of Tambor, a small settlement at sea level on 

 Bay of Ballena at southeast extremity of Nicoya Peninsula (Harris, Univ. Michi- 

 gan Mus. Zool. Misc. Publ. 38, p. 19, Sept. 4, 1937) . 



Sciurus variegatoides austini Harris 



1933. Sciurus variegatoides austini Harris, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michi- 

 gan No. 266, p. 1, June 28, 1933. (Regarded as identical with rigidus by 

 Hall and Kelson, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 5, No. 26, p. 356, 

 Dec. 15, 1952.) 

 Type Locality. — Las Agujas, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Range. — Known only 

 from vicinity of Las Agujas, a small settlement on a sandy peninsula with cocoa- 

 nut palms and mangrove trees, 30 miles south of city of Puntarenas, Costa Rica 

 (Harris, Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. Misc. Publ. 38, p. 18, Sept. 4, 1937). 



