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Sciurus variegatoides rigidus Peters* 



1863. Sciurus rigidus Peters, Monatsb. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1863, 



p. 652. 

 1930. Sciurus a[dolphei] rigidus Harris, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan 



No. 219, p. 1, Oct. 15, 1930. 

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



Publ. 38, p. 22, Sept. 4, 1937. 

 Type Locality. — San Jose, San Jose, Costa Rica. Range. — Mountains and 

 valleys of central Costa Rica from Puntarenas east to Juan Vinas, and from 

 Liberia and Zarcero in the north to Cartago in the south, and possibly through 

 Cordillera de Talamanca into Panama (Harris, Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. Misc. 

 Publ. 38, p. 22, Sept. 4, 1937) . 

 Sciurus variegatoides thomasi Nelsonf* 



1899. Sciurus thomasi Nelson, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 1, p. 71, May 



9, 1899. 

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



Publ. 38, p. 24, Sept. 4, 1937. 

 Type Locality. — Talamanca, Limon, Costa Rica. Range. — Humid Tropical 

 Zone forests of eastern Costa Rica, probably from border of Nicaragua to 

 Panama, westward in the south to Talamanca, and in the north to Santa Clara, 

 Alajuela (Harris, loc. cit.). 

 Sciurus variegatoides melania (Gray) * 



1867. Macroxus melania Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, vol. 20, p. 425, 



December 1867. 

 1902. Sciurus melania Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 39, p. 22, April 



1902. 

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



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

 Type Locality. — Point Burica, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Range. — Pacific 

 slopes of mountains, coastal plains, and islands of western Panama and adjacent 

 parts of Costa Rica (Harris, Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. Misc. Publ. 38, p. 25, 

 Sept. 4, 1937) . 

 Sciurus variegatoides helveolus Goldmanf* 



1912. Sciurus variegatoides helveolus Goldman, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 



56, No. 36, p. 3, Feb. 19, 1912. 

 Type Locality. — Corozal, Canal Zone, Panama. Range. — Pacific coastal re- 

 gion of Panama from Canal Zone westward to vicinity of Santiago (Harris, 

 Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. Misc. Publ. 38, p. 26, Sept. 4, 1937) . 



Subgenus HESPEROSCIURUS Nelson 



1899. Hesperosciurus Nelson, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 1, p. 27, 

 May 9, 1899. (Type, Sciurus griseus Ord.) 



Sciurus griseus griseus Ord* 



1818. Sciurus griseus Ord, Journ. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. et Arts, Paris, vol. 

 87, p. 152. 



