RED SQUIRREL 



Fremont Chickaree.— 5cn^m5 fremonti fremonti Audubon 

 _ and Hachman. 

 Similar to hudsonicus in size. Winter.— Upperparts gray 

 with pale rusty yellowish suffusion along back and sprink- 

 led with black; sides and limbs grayish, sprinkled with yel- 

 lowish and black; dusk-y lateral line pooriy defined- tail 

 above yellowish rusty mixed with black, the hairs banded 

 with black and tipped with white; tip of tail black, fringed 

 with white; underside of tail yellowish gray, banded with 

 black, fringed with white; small, dusk-y ear tufts; under- 

 parts grayish white, sprinkled with dusky. Summer — 

 Above, yellowish gray; ochraceous on feet and limbs- a 

 conspicuous black lateral line; tail much as in winter- under- 

 parts white to grayish. Total length, 13 inches; tai'l verte- 

 bra, 5.2 inches; hmd foot, 2 inches. Found in "The moun- 

 tainous portions of Colorado, reaching the extreme southern 

 border of \\yoming at Woods, P. O., and Uintah Mountains 

 ot Utah; also reaching the southern boundary of Wyoming 

 at Fort Bndger." (Allen) 

 Taos Chickaree.— Sciuriis fremonti neomexicanus Allen 



Resembling typical fremonti but brighter yellowish rufous 

 above m winter. Total length, 12.8 inches; tail vertebra 

 5.3 inches; hmd foot, 1.94 inches. Found in "Taos Ranee' 

 New Mexico." (Allen) ^ ' 



White Mountains Chickaree.— 5cmn^^ fremo7iti lychnuchus 

 Stone and Rehn. 

 Resembling 7ieomexicanus but larger and redder in color 

 Upperparts (summer) dull rusty red; sides paler; narrow 

 lateral line poorly defined; underparts whitish. Total 

 length, 14 inches; tail vertebrae, 5.6 inches; hind foot 22 



^S^ .. -"^^^^ ^^ ^^^ "^^^^^ Mountains of Lincoln County 

 New Mexico.. •^' 



Arizona Chickaree.—Scnmis fremoitti mogollonensis (Mearns) 

 Colored m.uch as m neomexica?ius but larger. Total length 

 14 inches; ^tail vertebra, 5.7 inches; hind foot, 2.1 inches' 

 -bound m The higher mountains and plateaus of central 

 Arizona, from the Douglas fir belt to timber line." (Allen) 



^""fJii^?^^"^ Chickaree.— 5c2Mrz.^ fre7?zonti grahamensis 

 (Allen). 



Resembling mogollonensis but "vellower and less rufescent 

 above (m summer pelage), with the central area of the 

 taU ochraceous above and nearly white below." Found 



/^Mi . ^^ ^°^^ °^ ^^^ summit of Mt. Graham, Arizona " 

 (Allen) 



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The Chickaree or Red Squirrel is usually the commonest 

 tree Squirrel of most regions where it occurs, although in some 

 of the eastern states it is outnumbered by the Gray Squirrel. 

 Its size and coloration, scolding chatter, and alert, inquisitive 

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