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SCIURUS FERRUGINIVENTRIS.— AuD. and Bach. 



ReD>BeI.LIED SaUIRBEI,. 



PLATE XXXVIII.— Male, Female, akd Young. NatHral size. 



Sc. Caroliniano paullulum minor ; cauda corpore longiore ; vellere, 

 supra albo-cinereo, infra rufo, armis fuscis. 



CHARACTEES. 



A size smaller than the Carolina gray squirrel ; tail, longer than the 

 body; light gray above, reddish-brawn on the shoulders, beneath, bright 

 rufous. 



SYNONYME. 



ScinRns Ferruginitentris, Aad. and Bach., Jour. Acad, of Nat. Sc, Philadelphia, read 

 October 5, 1841. 



DESCRIPTION. 



This species in form bears some resemblance to the Carolina gray 

 squirrel, but differs widely from it in colour. The forehead is arched ; 

 nose, rather sharp, clothed with short fur ; eyes, of moderate size ; whisk- 

 ers, as long as the head ; ears, rather long, broad at base, ovate in shape. 



The body is slender, seemingly formed for an agility equalling that of 

 Sciurus Hudsonius. It is covered with a soft thick coat of fur, intermixed 

 with longer hairs. 



The feet are rather robust. Like all the squirrels, it has a blunt nail 

 in place of a thumb, and the third toe, counting from the inner side, is 

 longest ; palms, nearly naked. 



The tail is long, and capable of a distichous arrangement, but the hairs 

 are not very thick or bushy. 



Teeth, yellow ; nails, brown ; point of nose and whiskers, black ; ears, 

 on the outer edges, tinged with brown, within gray ; behind the ears on 

 the neck a line of dull white. On the upper surface, the head, neck, back, 

 and tail, are light gray, formed by hairs, which are light plumbeous from 



