RED SQUIRREL 



Enemies. — Hawks, Owls, Pine Martens, Foxes, Wildcats, 

 and other small carnivores. 



Species and Subspecies of the Subgenus Tamiasciurus 



The Chickarees are fairly constant in general pattern 

 ' of coloration, although the different forms vary in color, shade 

 or minor details of pattern. The Chickarees are the smallest 

 of the tree-climbing, diurnal Squirrels. 



Hudsonicus Group 



Characterized by white underparts and yellow-fringed tail. 

 Members of this group occur in two color phases, the common 

 rufous phase and a rarer olivaceous phase. 



Northern Red SquirreLSciurus hudsonicus hudsonicus 

 (Erxleben). 

 As described above. Found in "Cold Temperate subregion 



! east of the Rocky Mountains [Hudsonian zone]." (Miller) 



1 Bangs Red Squirrel. — Sciurus hudsonicus gymnicus Bangs. 



I Size small; color dark. Upperparts, in winter, rich rusty 



! red; sides olive-gray; underparts gray, sprinkled with black. 

 Summer pelage duller red above; black lateral line present- 

 underparts clear white. Total length, 12 inches; tail verte- 

 brae, 4.8 mches; hind foot, 1.8 inches. Found in the spruce 



^ belt of eastern North America, south of Labrador— northern 

 New York, northern New Hampshire, northern Maine 

 New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, northern 



\ Michigan and northern Minnesota. 



Southern Red SquirreL—Scitirus hudsonicus loquax Bangs. 

 Resembling typical hudsonicus but redder and brighter 

 above m summer and winter. Underparts with less black- 

 tipped hairs in winter. Tail with less black. Total length, 

 13 inches; tail vertebras, 5.2 inches; hind foot, 1.9 inches! 

 Found m "Alleghenian and Carolinian Faunae of the 

 Humid Province." (Allen) 



Minnesota Red Squirrel.— ^c^'w^-w^ hudsonicus Minnesota 

 Allen. 

 Largest of the eastern Red Squirrels; coloration rather 

 lighter than loquax. Total length, 13.8 inches; tail verte- 

 br:e, 5.7 inches; hind foot, 2 inches. Found in "Minnesota 

 and Wisconsin, and probably Iowa, and eastward to north- 

 ern Indiana." (Allen) 



tSlack Hills Red SquirreLSciurus hudsonicus dakotensis 

 Allen. 



I Larger and paler than typical hudsonicus. Upperparts 



J light yellowish rufous in winter, pale yellowish olivaceous 



: gray m summer. Total length, 14 inches; tail vertebra, 



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