SCIURUS. 129 
black; tail above black, washed with white, beneath grizzled yellowish 
brown or rusty, bordered with black and edged narrowly with white ; 
ears and basal patches, rusty; border of ears black. 
Measurements. Total length, 506; tail vertebra, 258; hind foot, 
60. Skull: average of four; basal length, 48.8; palatal length, 25.5; 
interorbital width, 19.6; zygomatic width, 33.7; length of upper 
molar series, 11.4. 
93. variegatoides (Sciuwrus), Ogilby, Proc. Zodl. Soc., 1839, p. 117. 
pyladei Less., Nouv. Tabl. Regn. Anim., Mamm., 1842, p. 112. 
colue@i Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d Ser., xx, 1867, p. 746. 
(Part. var. 1.) 
hypopyrrhus Allen, Mon. N. Am. Rodent., 1877, pp. 746-750. 
(Part. Salvador specimens.) 
VARIEGATED SQUIRREL. 
Type locality. Salvador, west coast Central America, 
Geogr. Distr. Tropical forests of Salvador, West Coast of Central 
America, 
Genl. Char. Tail slender; base of tail and upper parts yellowish 
gray. 
Color. Upper parts, outer side of arms and legs above, and base 
of tail grizzled yellowish gray; under parts buffy ochraceous; lower 
part of arms and legs, and hands and feet dark ochraceous buff; 
chin and cheeks grayish buff; tail above black, washed with white, 
beneath grizzled buffy gray, bordered by black and edged with white, 
ears pale rusty; basal patches buff, bordered faintly with black. 
Measurements. Total length, 545; tail vertebra, 280; hind foot, 
66 Skull: basal length, 49; palatal length, 26; interorbital breadth, 
20; zygomatic width, 34; length of upper molar series, rr. 
94, managuensis (Sciuwrus), Nelson, Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., 1, 
[o00, Pp. St. 
boothie managuensis Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., x11, 1898, 
Pp. 150. 
Rio MANAGUA SQUIRREL. 
Type locality. Managua River, Guatemala. 
Geogr. Distr. Northern Guatemala, along Managua River. 
Genl, Char. Pelage dense; hair coarse; tail long, narrow. 
Color, Above with base of tail grizzled yellowish brown; crown 
and median dorsal region washed with black; sides and outer sides 
of arms and legs suffused with yellowish; chin and sides of head 
yellowish brown; under parts dingy yellow to reddish buff; tail above 
black, washed With white, beneath grizzled grayish or yellowish 
brown, bordered with black and edged with white; hands and feet 
