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SCIURUS NIGER Linn: 
Fox Squirrel. 
Var. NIGER. 
Southern Fox Squirrel. 
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Sciurus niger CaTesBy, Carolina, ii, 1743, 73, pl. Ixxiii. Clixxavs, Syst. Nat. i, 1758, 643) i, 1766, 86 
(based on Catesby’s “ Black Squirrel” of Catesby’s Carolina). Te TREN; Sy ae Ree: Anim. 
1777, 417.—SCHREBER, Siiuget. iv, 1792, 776, pl. cexv, cexv*.—SHAw, Gen. Zodl. ii, 1801, 139.— 
“Orp, Guthrie’s Geog. (2d Am. ed.) ii, 1815, 292.”—DEsMAREST, Mam. ii, 1822, 334.—LEsson, 
Man. de Mam. 1827, 235.—ALLEN, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zodl. ii, 1871, 176—Maynarp, Bull. 
Essex Inst. iv, 1872, 145. 
Sciurus cinereus var. niger ALLEN, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xvi, 1874, 287. 
Sciurus variegatus ERXLEBEN, Syst. Reg. Anim. 1777, 421 (mixed with Mexican species).—GMELIN, Syst. 
Nat. i, 1788, 151 (in part).—SCHREBER, Siiuget. iv, 1792, 729, pl. ceviii (in part; the plate is 
Buffon’s Coquallin),—Drsmarest, Mam. 1822, 333.—FiscHer, Synop. Mam. 1829, 352 (in 
part).—ScHINzZ, Synop. Mam ii, 1545, 17 (in part); and also of other compilers. 
Sciurus vulpinus GMELIN, Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 147.—Gopman, Am. Nat. Hist. ii, 1826, 128.—M’Murrrie, 
M’Murtrie’s Cuvier (Am. ed.) i, 1831, 433.—Bartrp, Mam. N. Am. 1857, 246. 
Macroxus vulpinus Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. xx, 1367, 420. 
Sciurus capistratus Bosc, Ann. du. Muséum, i, 1802, 281.—DrsMarestT, Mam. ii, 1822, 332.—HARLAN, Faun. 
Amer. 1825, 175.—LEsson, Man. de Mam. 1827, 232.—H. Smiru, Griffith’s Cuvier’s An. King. 
iii, 1827, 178 (with plate); v, 1827, 253.— FiscHen, Synop. Mam. 1829, 351.—BacHMAN, pce: 
Zool. Soe. Lond. 1835, 85; Charlesworth’s Mag. Nat. Hist. iii, 1839, 117; Am. Journ. Sci. 
and Arts, xxxvii, 1839, 291.—WaGNeER, Suppl. Schreber’s Siinget. iii, 1843, 156, pl. cexiii B 
(gray variety—no description).—Scu1nz, Synop. Mam. ii, 1845, 5.—AupuBoN & BacHMan, 
Quad. N. Am. ii, 1851, 132, pl. Ixviii. 
Sciurus rufiventris M’MURTRIE’S Gayiess An. King. (Am. ed.) i, 1831, 433.—ScHrnz, Synop. Mam. ii, 1845, 6. 
Sciurus tevianus BACHMAN, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1838, 86; Charlesworth’s Mag. Nat. Hist. iii, 1829, 1 ve 
Silliman’s Am. Journ. Sci. and Arts, xxxvii, 1839, 295. 
Le Capistrate, ¥. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. des Mam. livr. xxvii, 1819 (plate and text). 
Capistrate gris, ¥. CUViER, Hist. des Mamm. livr. xlviii, 1825 (plate and text). 
Black Squirrel, CATESBY, PENNAN', and others. 
Le Coquallin, Burron, Hist. Nat. xiii, 1765, 109, pl. xiii (description and figure), 
Me 4 Fi OF cok } 
- Var. CINEREUS. 
Northern Fox Squirrel. 
Sciurus cinereus LINNZUS, Syst. Nat. i, 1758, 64; i, 1766, 86.—ErxLeBEN, Syst. Reg. Anim. 1777, 418.— 
GMELIN, Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 147——ScuresBeErR, Siiuget. iv, 1792, 766, ccxiii (name on plate).— 
Saw, Gen. Zodl. ii, 1801, 137-——Gopman, Am. Nat. Hist. ii, 1826, 129—H. Smiru, Griffith’s 
Cuvier, iii, 1827, 177; v, 1827, 253.—M’Murtrig, M’Murtrie’s Cuvier (Am. ed.), i, 1831, 433.— 
BacuMan, Proc. Zod]. Soe. Lond. vi, 1838, 89; Charlesworth’s Mag. Nat. Hist. iii, 1839, 159; 
Silliman’s Amer. Journ. Sci. and Arts, xxxvii, 1839, 297.—WaGner, Suppl. Schreber’s Siiuget, 
iii, 1843, 158 —Scurnz, Synop. Mam. ii, 1845,7.—AupuBon & BACHMAN, Quad. N. Am. i, 1849, 
145, pl. xvii—Barrp, Mam. N. Am. 1857, 248, pl. xlviii, fig. 2 (skull).—ALLEN, Bull. Mus. 
Comp. Zoil. i, 1869, 222. 
Sciurus cinereus var. cinereus ALLEN, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xvi, 1874, 287. 
Sciurus vulpinus SCHREBER, Siiuget. iv, 1792, 772, pl. eexv, B. 
Sciurus virginianus, Kerr’s Linnzus’s Syst. Nat. 259, 1792. 
#* Sciurus hyemalis Ord, Guthrie’s Geog. (2d Am. ed.) ii, 1815, 292, 304.” 
CF Macroxus neglectus GRAY, Ann. aud Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. xx, 1367, 45> 
Capistrate a longue queue, F, Cuvier, Hist. des Mam. livr. ly, 1826. 
Fox Squirrel, Cat Squirrel, VuLGO, and of authors. 
