SCIURUS. 129 
black; tail above black, washed with white, beneath grizzled yellowish 
brown or rusty, bordered with black and edged narrowly with white; 
ears and basal patches, rusty; border of ears black. 
Measurements. Total length, 506; tail vertebrze, 258; hind foot, 
60. Skull: average of four; basal length, 48.8; palatal length, 25.5; 
interorbital width, 19.6; zygomatic width, 33.7; length of upper 
molar series, I1.4. 
93. variegatoides (Sciurus), Ogilby, Proc. Zodl. Soc., 1839, p. 117. 
pyladei Less., Nouv. Tabl. Regn. Anim., Mamm., 1842, p. 112. 
coluei Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d Ser., xx, 1867, p. 746. 
(Part. War. 1.) 
hypopyrrhus Allen, Mon. N. Am. Rodent., 1877, pp. 746-750. 
(Part. Salvador specimens.) 
VARIEGATED SQUIRREL. 
Type locality. Salvador, west coast Central America. 
Geogr. Distr. Tropical forests of Salvador, West Coast of Central 
America. 
Genl. Char. Tail slender; base of tail and upper parts yellowish 
gray. 
Color. Upper parts, outer side of arms and legs above, and base 
of tail grizzled yellowish gray; under parts buffy ochraceous; lower 
part of arms and legs, and hands and feet dark ochraceous buff; 
chin and cheeks grayish buff; tail above black, washed with white, 
beneath grizzled buffy gray, bordered by black and edged with white, 
ears pale rusty; basal patches buff, bordered faintly with black. 
Measurements. Total length, 545; tail vertebre, 280; hind foot, 
66 Skull: basal length, 49; palatal length, 26; interorbital breadth, 
20; zygomatic width, 34; length of upper molar series, rr. 
94. managuensis (Sciurus), Nelson, Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., 1, 
1899, p. 81. 
boothte managuensts Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash:, x11, 1898, 
p. 150. 
Rio MANAGUA SQUIRREL. 
Type locality. Managua River, Guatemala. 
Geogr. Distr. Northern Guatemala, along Managua River. 
Genl. Char. Pelage dense; hair coarse; tail long, narrow. 
Color. Above with base of tail grizzled yellowish brown; crown 
and median dorsal region washed with black; sides and outer sides 
of arms and legs suffused with yellowish; chin and sides of head 
yellowish brown; under parts dingy yellow to reddish buff; tail above 
black, washed with white, beneath grizzled grayish or yellowish 
brown, bordered with black and edged with white; hands and feet 
