MAMMALS OF THE MEXTCAN BOUNDAKY. 



263 



>Sc!i()-iifi (hnifjhisi incdni.'^i. Nelson. Proe. Washington Acad. Sci.. I. p. Xi, ]>!. i, 



fig. 8, May l\ ISO;* (Revision of the Squirrels of Mexico and (\>ntral 



America ) . 

 i<r!iiri:f! (Joiu/ld-^i iiicdriisi. Miller and Keiix. I'roc. Bo.st. Sec. Nat. Hist, 



XXX. No. 1, Dec. 27. 1901, p. Bi (Syst. Results Study N. Am. MauL to 



close of 1000). 

 [Sciiniis] (hiiiitlasi mcanisi. Elliot. Field Col. Mus., Zoul. Ser., IV, I't. 1, 



l!t()4. p. 133, fig. 21 (skull) (Manu INIid. Am.). 



T2jj>c -locality. — San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower California. 

 (Typo, skin and skull (fig. 40), No. iffff, U. S. National Museum.) 



Geographical range. — Boreal zone of mountains of southern and 

 LoAver California. 



Description. — Three specimens in the U. S. National Museum col- 

 lection (Nos. J-ffrl. Vllfir> and HHt).. fi'om the San Pedro Martir 

 jNIountains, LoAver Califor- 

 nia, collected by Mr. Charles 

 n. ToAvnsend, in April and 

 May, 1889, have the pelage 

 short and coarse, and are dis- 

 tinctly paler and more hoary 

 than S. Iniflsonicax califor- 

 n'lciis from central Califor- 

 nia. The Ajiril specimen 

 (No. 18265, female adult) 

 has the reddish verte])ral 

 stripe tolerably distinct, 

 with 3^ellowish on nape and 

 reddish on rump ; but in the 

 two IMay specimens, proba- 

 bly males, though the sex is 

 not indicated, this is less dis- 

 tinct, the color being pepper- 

 and - salt. suffused with 

 tawny ochraceous above. In 

 all three specimens the black 

 stripe at the side is strongly 

 marked, as much so as in the 

 subspecies calif ornicvs. The 

 ears are heavily tufted with 

 black. The under parts are 

 white, with plumbeous at ba.se. Feet yellowish white. All three 

 are in winter coat, but molting had begun in No. 182G7 and pro- 

 ceeded irregularly over most of the fore limbs. On the mane the 

 new hairs are strongly yellowish instead of soiled white; not molt- 

 ing on hind feet. The tail is short and comparatively short-haired ; 



Fig. 40.— Sciurus meakn.si. (Type, Cat. No. 2ril70, U.S. 

 N.M.) a, Dorsal view; b, ventral view; c, lateral 



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