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5. Thumb large, nail well developed; body thickset; no 



stripes on back Cynomys 



Thumb small, nail rudimentary; body rather slender; 



color pattern .variable Citellus 



Subfamily PTEROMYIN>E. 



Genus Glaucomys Thomas. 



Fur soft and thick ; legs connected by a loose skin extending out 

 from the sides of the body ; tail depressed, thickly haired at sides ; 

 ears large; eyes large; postorbital processes narrow, spinelike; 

 rostrum short. 



Dental formula I. 1/1: Pm. 2/1; M. 3/3=22. 



A single form occurs in Iowa. 



Southern Flying Squirrel. 



Glaucomys volans volans. p. 17 



Subfamily SCIURIN/E. 





 Genus Sciurus Linnaeus. 



Tail long, broad, bushy especially at sides; eyes and ears large; 

 five claws on front feet, the claw on thumb small, and scarcely 

 evident; anterior upper premolar small or wanting; postorbital 

 processes well developed, directed downward and backward; in- 

 fraorbital foramen slitlike and confined to lower portion of 

 maxillary. 



Dental formula I, 1/1 ; Pm. 2/1 or 1/1 ; M. 3/3=22 or 20. 

 Key to Species of Sciurus. 



1. General color gray; color below white or whitish. 



Northern Gray Squirrel. 

 Sciurus carolinensis leucotis. p. 22 



General color not gray; color below sometimes whitish 

 tinged with rusty 2 



2. Total length 21.00 to 23.00 inches; general color more 

 or less tawny brown. 



Western Fox Squirrel. 

 Sciurus niger rufiventer. p. 19 



Total length 12.00 to 15.50 inches; general color reddish 



brown. Red Squirrel. 



Sciurus hudsonicus loquax. p. 25 



