RED SQUIRREL 



into the Kootenai District of eastern British Columbia." 

 (Allen) 



Streator Red Squirrel. — Sciurus hudsonicus streatori Allen. 

 Resembling richardsoni, but with less black on tail and more 

 olivaceous above in summer; tail shorter. Total length, 

 13 inches; tail vertebree, 5 inches; hind foot, 2.4 inches. 

 Found in "Central part of northern Washington, from the 

 Columbia River northward over central British Columbia. 

 It occupies the Okanagan District of Washington, from the 

 head of Lake Chelan northward." (Allen) 



Vancouver Red Squirrel. — Sciurus hudsonicus vancouverensis 

 Allen. 

 Resembling streatori but smaller and with underparts 

 washed with brownish (winter) or yellowish (summer), 

 otherwise colored much as in streatori. Total length, 12.3 

 inches; tail vertebrae, 4.8 inches; hind foot, 2 inches. 

 Found on "Vancouver Island, and the coast region of 

 northern British Columbia, north at least to Sitka." 

 (Allen) 



Kupreanof Red SquirreL — Sciurus hudsonicus picatus Swarth. 

 Resembling vancouvereyisis but brighter in color and with 

 less black at tip of tail. Winter. — Upperparts bright chest- 

 nut, with hazel dorsal band; center of tail on underside 

 reddish. Total length, 12.5 inches; tail vertebras, 5 inches; 

 hind foot, 2 inches. Found in the Sitkan district of Alaska 

 and southward; also on Kupreanof Island and adjacent 

 islands south of Revillagigedo Island. 



Alaska Red Squirrel. — Sciurus hudsonicus petulans Osgood. 

 Larger and darker than typical hudsonicus; redder than 

 streatori; paler than vancouverensis. Upperparts (summer) 

 near raw umber; sharply defined, black, lateral line; black 

 in tail restricted, tail fringed with ochraceous; underparts 

 with yellowish wash. Winter pelage like that of typical 

 hudsonicus but darker, tail blacker. Total length, 12. i 

 inches; tail vertebrae, 4.8 inches; hind foot, 2 inches. Found 

 in the vicinity of White Pass, Alaska, limits of range im- 

 known. 



Douglasii Group 



Characterized by rusty reddish underparts and tail fringed 

 with yellowish or white; found west of the Rocky Mountains. 



Douglas Chickaree. — Sciurus douglasii douglasii Bachman. 

 Size about as in hudsofiicus. Winter. — Dark rusty red 

 along back; sides and limbs dark brownish gray; dusky 

 lateral line may or may not be present; tail above, for two- 

 thirds its length, like back, mixed with black and fringed 

 with yellowish; black subterminal band broad; underparts 

 buffy gray to orange, mixed with black ; central zone of tail 

 on underside mixed rusty and black; ear tufts blackish. 



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