FIELD BOOK OF MAMMALS 



Texas Flying Squirrel. — Glaucomys volans texensis Howell. 

 Size of typical volans, but upperparts more ochraceous and 

 toes not conspicuously white; paler than saturatus. Upper- 

 parts wood-brown with yellowish tinge varying to drab. 

 Found in "Eastern Texas, west to Aledo, Gurley, Elgin, 

 and Cuero; eastern limits of range unknown." (Howell) 



Fig. 56. Distribution of the subspecies of Glaucomys volans, 

 north of Mexico, after A. H. Howell 



1. Glaucomys volans volans 



2. Glaucomys volans saturatus 



3. Glaucomys volans texensis 



4. Glaucomys volans querceti 



Sabrinus Group 



Hudson Bay Flying Squirrel. — Glaucomys sabrinus sahrinus 

 (Shaw). 

 Decidedly larger than volans. Total length, 12.5 inches; 

 tail vertebras, 5.5-6 inches; hind foot, 1.7 inches. Upper- 

 parts vinaceous cinnamon; sides of head smoke-gray; eye- 

 ring fuscous; tail above fuscous, below, shaded with pale 

 brown; toes grayish white, soles buffy white on inner side, 

 dral) on outer side; underparts, soiled white, washed with 

 pale yellowish and shaded with drab. Found in "Interior 

 of Canada, from Fort Simpson (possibly Fort Anderson), 



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