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Ictidomys J. A. Allen, 1877... Spermophilus tereticaudus, S. mexi- 



canus, S. 13-lineatus (type), S. frank- 

 _^ lini. 



Lagomys Storr, 1780 "An unnatural and undefined com- 

 bination of forms with squat bodies 

 [including 24 species], but typified 

 by species of Arctomys." — Gill, 

 t Laria Gray, 1867 Sciurus insignis. 



Leithia ^ Lydekker, 1896 Myoxus melitensis. 



Lipura lUiger, 1811 Hyrax hudsonius. 



Macroxus Cuvier, 1823 Le guerlinguet et le toupaye. 



* Marmota Blumenbach, 1779. . . Marmota alpina, M. cricetus, M. lem- 



mus, M. typhlus, M. capensis.'' 



Meniscomys Cope, 1878 Meniscomys hippodus, M. multipUcatus. 



Microsciurus J. A. Allen, 1895. Sciurus (Microsciurus) alfari. 



Monax Warden, 1819 Monax missouriensis (== Cynomys lu- 



dovicianus). 



Nannosciurus Trouessart, 1880. Sciurus melanotis, S. exilis. 



Neosciurus Trouessart, 1880. . . Sciurus carolinensis (type), S. arizo- 



nensis, S. griseoflavus, S. aberti, S. 

 fossor. 



Otocolobus Brandt, 1844 Synonym of Colobotis (?). 



Otospermophilus Brandt, 1844, Spermophilus beecheyi. 



Palseosciurus Pomel, 1854 Sciurus {Palfeosciurus) feignouxii,S.{P.) 



chalaniati. 



Palmista Gray, 1867 Sciurus palmarum, S. penicillatus, S. 



layardii, S. sublineatus. 

 . Farasciurus Trouessart, 1880. . . Sciurus niger. 



Faraxerus Forsyth Major, 1893. Xerus cepapi, X. palliatus, X. pyrro- 



pus, X. congicus, X. lemniscatus, 

 X. Isabella, X. boehmi. 



Fetaurista Link, 1705 Sciurus vohicella, S. volans, S. hudso- 

 nius, S. petaurista (type), S. sagitta. 



Pleslarctomys Bravard, 1848-'52. Plesiardomys gervawii. 



Plesispermophilas Filhol, 1883. . . Plesispermophilas angustidens. 



Frotoxerus Forsyth Major, 1893. Sciurus stangeri, S. ebii, S. aubinnii. 



Pteromys G. Cuvier, 1800 Sciurus volans, S. petaurista. 



Fterotix Kafinesque, 1815. . .. Nomen nudum. 



Ratufa Gray, 1867 Sciurus indicus. 



Rheithrosciurus 3 Gray, 1867. . Sciurus macrotis. 



Rhinosciurus Gray, 1843 Rhinosciurus tupaioides. 



^ This genus is only provisionally referred to the Sciuridae. Lydekker 

 has recently suggested a special family, LeithUdse, for it. 



' From the 7th edition of the Handbuch d. Naturgeschichte, 1803. The 

 first edition, 1779, not seen. 



^Emended to Rhithrosciurus (Lydekker, 1891). 



