914 RODEXTIA 



lighter and duller anteriorly and continuing over outer surface 

 of fore leg and along side of neck. Feet dull tawny-ochraceous 

 clouded with blackish. Tail blackish suffused with tawny- 

 ochraceous beneath surface. Underparts creamy white ; chin 

 and interramial region light drabby grey. 



Measuremenis. — Type (young adult female) : hind foot, GO ; 

 ear from meastus, 29. For cranial measurements see Table, 

 p. 921. 



Specimens examined. — Three, all from the type localitj". 



1. Agoriani, Lyakura Mts., Greece. Lord Lilford (p). 7. 9. 8. 1. 



{Schliiter.) {Tijpe of subspecies.) 



1. Parnassus. Lord Liiford (p). 8. 10. 17. 1. 



SciURUS VULGARIS ALPiNus Desmarest. 



1822. Scmrus alpinus Desmarest, Mammalogie, ii, p. 543 (Pyrenees). 

 1842. Sciurus alpinus P. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. des Mamm., iv, tabl. gen., p. 4 



(described and figured in fasc. 24, pi. 237, 1821). 

 1857. Sciums vulgaris Blasius, Siiugethiere Deutschlands, p. 272 (part). 

 1905. Sciurus alpinus Cabrera, Bol. Real Soc. Espafi. Hist. Nat., v, p. 230, 



April, 1905. 

 190G. Sciurus vulgaris alpinus Trouessart, Bull. ilus. d'Hist. Nat., Paris, 



XII, p. 363. 

 1910. Sciurus vulgaris alpinus Trouessart. Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 119. 



jT/ype localitj/. — Pyrenees. 



Geographical distribution. — Pyrenees ; limits of range not 

 known. 



Diagnosis. — Size essentially as in Sciurus vulgaris italicus ; 

 colour in dark phase similar to that of S. v. riissns and S. v. 

 fascoater ; skull with rostral portion noticeably broadened and 

 shortened. 



Measurements. — -Adult male from Espot, Lerida, Spain : head 

 and body, 240 ; tail, 205 ; hind foot, 58 ; ear, 22. For cranial 

 measurements, see Table, p. 921. 



Specimens examined. — Two from Espot, Lerida, Spain (U.S.N.M. and 

 Cabrera). 



MemarTis. — The status of this race is not clearly understood. 



Sciurus vulgaris numaxtius Miller. 



1905. S^ciurusl sp. Cabrera, Bol. Real Soc. Espafi. Hist. Nat., Madrid, iv, 



pp. 224, 231, April, 1905. 

 1905. S\ciurxis'] rufus Cabrera, Bol. Real Soc. Espau. Hist. Nat., ]\Iadrid, 



IV, p. 225, April, 1905 (not of Kerr, 1792). 

 1907. Sciurus vulgaris nurnantius ]\Iiller, Ann. and l\Iag. Nat. Hist., 7th 



ser., XX, p. 428, November, 1907. Type in British ]\Iuseum. 

 1910. Sciurus vulgaris nurnantius Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, 



p. 120. 



Type locality. — Pinaies de Quintanar de la Sierra, Burgos, 

 Spain. 



