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Mount Taylor (V. Bailey, North Amer. Fauna No. 53 (December 1931), p. 72, 

 Mar. 1,1932). 



Sciurus aberti barberi J. A. Allen* 



1904. Sciurus aberti barberi J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 20, 

 p. 207, May 28, 1904. 



Type Locality. — Colonia Garcia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Range. — Mountains of 

 northeastern Sonora and northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico. 



Sciurus aberti durangi Thomas* 



1893. Sciurus aberti durangi Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, vol. 11, p. 



50, January 1893. 

 1899. Sciurus durangi Nelson, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 1, p. 85, 



May 9, 1899. 

 1946. Sciurus aberti durangi Goldman and Moore, Journ. Maram., vol. 26, 



No. 4, p. 353, Feb. 12, 1946. 

 Type Locality. — Ciudad ranch, 100 miles west of city of Durango, Durango, 

 Mexico. Range. — Pine forests of Transition and lower border of Boreal Zones 

 in Sierra Madre, western Durango and Chihuahua, Mexico. Vertical range, 

 7,000 to 11,000 feet. 



Sciurus aberti phaeurus J. A. Allen 



1904. Sciurus aberti phaeurus J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 20, 

 p. 205, May 28, 1904. 



Type Locality. — La Cienega, northwest Durango, Mexico. Range. — North- 

 western Durango. 



Sciurus kaibabensis Merriamf* 



1904. Sciurus kaibabensis Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 17, 

 p. 129, June 9, 1904. 



Type Locality. — Bright Angel Creek, top of Kaibab Plateau, north side of 

 Grand Canyon of Colorado, Coconino County, Ariz. Range. — Yellow pine 

 forests of Kaibab Plateau, an area about 40 miles long and 20 miles wide, on 

 north side of Grand Canyon of Colorado River, Ariz. (Goldman, Journ. Mamm., 

 vol. 9, No. 2, p. 127, May 9, 1928) . 



Subgenus PARASCIURUS ™ Trouessart 



1880. Parasciurus Trouessart, Le Naturaliste, vol. 2, No. 37, p. 292, Octo- 

 ber 1880. (Type, Sciurus niger Linnaeus.) 



1899. Araeosciurus Nelson, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 1, p. 29, May 9, 

 1899. (Type, Sciurus oculatus Peters.) 



Sciurus niger M niger Linnaeus* (fox-squirrel) 



1758. [Sciurus] niger Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 64. (Based 

 on Catesby's black fox squirrel.) 



"Revised by Nelson (under the names Parasciurus and Araeosciurus, Proc. Washington 

 Acad. Sci., vol. 1, pp. 88-98, May 9, 1899) . 



80 Forms occurring in the United States revised by Osgood, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 20, pp. 45-46, Apr. 18, 1907. Southern forms of Sciurus niger reviewed by Lowery and 

 Davis, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Louisiana State Univ. No. 9, pp. 153-172, Mar. 4, 1942. 



