sciuEus 923 



Itemarlcs. — While tliis animal is readily diHliuguishable from 

 the squirrels of central and northern Spain its distinctness from 

 the imperfectly known Scixnis viihiaris hseticus is perhaps open to 

 doTibt. In an obviously immature individual, however, the hind 

 foot is 60 mm. in length as opposed to 45 mm. in the type of 

 hxticnti. 



2 (5, 4 ? Sierra de Segura, Albacete, M. de la Escalera (c) 8. 9. 24. 1-6. 

 Spain. (8. 9. 23. 3 Type of subspecies.) 



SciUKUS VULGARIS B.ETicus Cabrera. 



1905. Sciurus hivticus Cabrera, Bol. Real Soc. Espaii. Hist. Nat., v, p. 228, 

 April, 1905. Type iii museum of University of Seville. 



1910. Sciurus vulgaris bxticus Cabrera, Asoc. Espau. Progr. Cien., Congr. 

 Zaragosa, 1908, p. 11, June, 1910. 



1910. Sciurus vulgaris b;rticus Trouessart, Faune Blamm. d'Europe, p. 122. 



Ti/pe localHij. — Alanis, Province of Seville, Spain. 



Geograpliical distribation. — At j^resent known from the type 

 locality only. 



Diagnosis. — In general much like Sciurus vulgaris scgune, but 

 size considerably less (hind foot only about 50 mm.) and white 

 area on underparts unusually narrow. 



BemarJcs. — This scjuirrel, of which I have seen no specimens, 

 appears to be similar to Sciurus vulgaris segurse except for its 

 small size, the absence of white in the tail, and the narrowness 

 of the white ventral area. The type is an immature mounted 

 specimen in summer coat ; and its skull has not been examined. 

 The more important parts of the original description are 

 essentially as follows : Probably the smallest of the European 

 forms of the genus Sciums ; further distinguished * by having the 

 tail unicolor and similar to the body. Pelage a bright reddish 

 chestnut above, white below. The white is not so extensive as 

 in S. vulgaris infuscatus, being limited to the median portion of 

 the ventral surface. Sides of the face in region of eyes much 

 paler than the rest of the head, approaching a dirty yellowish. 

 Tail of the same colour as the body, uniform, without white 

 hairs on its lower surface. Dimensions (approximate) : head and 

 body, 200; tail, 160; hind foot without claws, 50. In a later 

 paper Mr. Cabrera corrects the measurements of tail and hind 

 foot to 135 and 45 mm. respectively, adding that, from informa- 

 tion which he has received he believes the size of the adult 

 animal to be about as in numantius. If this is true it seems not 

 improbable that segurse will prove to be the same as haeticus. 



* (from infuscatus). 



