124 SCIUROPTERUS. 



h. SciuTopfeTTts (tlpinits Stephen si (Merriam). 



Sciuropterus oregonensis stepheiisi Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 



XIII, 1900, p. 151. 

 Sciuropterus stephensi Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. III. Zool. Ser. 

 Stephens' Flying Squirrel. 



Type locality. Sherwood, Mendocino County, California. Alti- 

 tude, 2,500 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. Western California. 



i. SciiiropfeTii s (ilpinus bangsi Rhoads. 



Sciuropterus alpinus hangsi Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 

 1897, P- 321- (Footnote.) 

 Bangs' Flying Squirrel. 



Type locality. Idaho County, Idaho. 



Geogr. Distr. Idaho. 



Genl. Char. Smaller and darker than 5. alpinus. 



Color. Sides of face, lips, eyelids, and ears smoky gray shaded with 

 brown ; upper parts of body wood brown ; underparts tinged with wood 

 brown, darkest on sides of abdomen; tail heavily shaded with black 

 above and below; hands and feet grayish plumbaceous. 



Measurements. Total length, 304; tail vertebrae, 146; hind foot, 

 40; ear from crown, 16. 



242. Sciuropterus sabrinus (Shaw). 



Scinrus sabrimts Shaw, Gen. Zool., i, 1801, p. 157'. 



Sciurus hudsonius Gmel., Syst. Nat., i, 1788, p. 153. (nee Pallas.) 



Scinrus acrobates Wagn., Schreb. Saugth., Suppl., iv, 1843, P- 

 231, pi. ccxxii, B. 



Sciuropterus sabrinus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 107. Zool. Ser. 

 Boreal Flying Squirrel. 



Type locality. Severn River, Keewatin, Canada. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern boreal North America, south to northern 

 New York and southern New Hampshire. 



a, SciuTopteTHS sethrimis iiiaci'ofis Mearns. 



Sciuropterus sabrinus macrotis Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 XXI, 1899, (1898), p. 353, figs. I, 2, 3. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. 

 Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, P- 108. Zool. Ser. 

 Large-eared Flying Squirrel. 



Type locality. Hunter Mountain, Catskill Mountains, Greene 

 County, New York. 



Geogr. Distr. Northern border of the United States, east of the 

 Great Lakes. 



