SQUIRREL FAMILY 



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DOUGLAS'S CHICKAREE 



Sciurus douglasii Bachman 



General Description. — Genera! build as in 

 Red Squirrel, but coloration strikingly different, 

 dark gray ; below, orange. 



Dental Formula. — Same as Eastern. 



Pelage. — Adults: Sexes similar. Summer. 

 ceous brown, tinged with reddish, above; orange of 

 variable intensity, below; feet, orange rufous; lateral 

 line conspicuously black ; tail above, dark ferruginous 

 with sub-terminal broad black bar ; tail fringed with 



Eastern 

 Above, 



Oliva- 



yellowish ; underside grizzled rusty. Winter. A darli 

 reddish dorsal band; rest of upper parts dark gray; 

 underparts orange grizzled with black ; lateral line 

 present; tail as in summer but thicker. Young: 

 .Similar to adults but colors weaker. 



Measurements. — Total length, 14 inches : tail verte- 

 brae, 5 inches ; hind foot, 2 inches. 



Range. — Coast region of Oregon and Washington 

 from Cape Blanco to Puget Sound. 



FREMONT'S CHICKAREE 

 Sciurus fremonti Audubon and Bachman 



Other Name. — Pine Squirrel. 



General Description. — Proportions and size about 

 as in Eastern Red Squirrel, but coloration much grayer. 



Dental Formula. — Same as Eastern. 



Pelage. — .Adults: Summer. Above yellowish-gray; 

 forearm and upper surface of feet ochraceous ; lateral 

 line black ; beneath, grayish-white ; tail above, yellow- 

 ish-rusty bordered with black and fringed with white ; 



beneath, pale yellowish gray bordered and fringed as 

 above. Winter. .Above, gray with pale yellowish- 

 rufous dorsal band and obscure dusky lateral line; 

 underparts grayish-white ; tail as in summer but 

 thicker. Youni;: Much the same markings as found in 

 adults. 



Range. — Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and Uintah 

 Mountains in Utah. 



Photograph by H. T. Middleton 



YOUNG CHICKAREES 



The Red Squirrel, or Chickaree, is the most frolicsome and also the most quarrelsome of the Squirrel 

 tribe. It will not hesitate to tackle and drive off its larger gray cousin 



