MAMMALS 



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S. f. neomexicanus Allen. Size smaller: Taos Range, New Mexico. 



S. f. mogollonensis Mearns. Dorsal band brighter: higher moun- 

 tains of central Arizona; Canadian and Boreal zones. 



S. /. grahamensis Allen. Like 5. /. mogollonensis, but paler: fir 

 zone, Graham Mountains, Arizona. 



Fig. 179. — Skull of Sciurus carolinensis {from Elliot). 



S. douglasi Bachman. Pine squirrel; redwood squirrel. Similar 

 to the red squirrel; color brown or brownish gray above and buff or 

 gray beneath; fur soft and dense; tail short, fringed with yellow; length 

 300 mm.; tail no mm.; hind foot 50 mm.: Pacific slope from British 

 Columbia to Lower California; in coniferous forests. 



Subspecies of S. douglasi 



S. d. douglasi Bach. Washington and Oregon, along the coast. 



5. d. mollipilosus Audubon & Bachman. Color dark brown; belly 

 gray; white tail fringe: coast region of northern California and southern 

 Oregon. 



