SCIURUS. 115 
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Raek washed with. black.) 902 of. ebb ee oe an S. goldmani 130 
Fic. XXIX. ScilURUS AUREIGASTER. GOLDEN-BELLIED SQUIRREL. 
80. aureigaster (Sciurus), F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., v1, 1829, 
Livr. tix, pl. Text. 
niger Erxl., Syst. Regn. Anim., 1777, p. 417. 
variegatus Desm., Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., x, 1817, pp. 103-104. 
(nec Erxl., 1777.) 
rufiventer Licht., Abh. K. Ak. Wiss. Berl.. 1827, p. 116. 
leucogaster! F. Cuv., Suppl. d’Hist. Nat. Buffon, 1, 1831, pp. 
300-301. 
mustelinus Aud. & Bach., Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1841, 
p. 100. 
ferruginiventris ! Aud. & Bach., Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1841, 
p. 1ot. 
aurogaster! Aud. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., 111, 1851, p. 344. 
hypoxanthus 1. Geoff., Voy. de la Vénus, Zodl., 1855, p. 158. 
aureogaster! Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d Ser., 1867, p. 423. 
hypopyrrhus Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., m1, 1891, 
p. 222. (nec Wagl.) 
leucops Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., 1x, 1897, p. 198. 
GOLDEN-BELLIED SQUIRREL. Ardilla in Mexico, common name for 
all squirrels. 
Type locality. Eastern Mexico. 
Geogr. Distr. Eastern Mexico from southern part of State of 
Tamaulipas to northern side of Isthmus of Tehuantepec through 
