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Sciurus hudsonicus hudsonicus (Erxleben) Hudsonian red squirrel 



nn [Sciurus vulgaris] e budsonicus Erxleben, Syst. regn. anlm. 



1:416. (Hudson bay) 

 1894 Sciurus hudsonicus Allen, Bull. Am. mus. nat. List. 7 No ^. 1894. 



6 : 325. 

 1898 Sciurus hudsonicus Allen, Ball. Am. mus. nat. hist. 22 July 1898. 



10:255. 

 Colors pale, outer fringe of tail yelloivisli or grayish, belly white in summer, 

 dark gray in winter. Total length, 310 (21^) ; tail vertebrae, 118 (4t) ; hind foot, 

 47 (1|). (hu ds on ic u 8 ; N. Lat., Hudsonian) 



The Hudsonian red squirrel is probably confined to the wooded 

 portions of the Labrador peninsula. 



Sciurus hudsonicus loquax Bangs Southeastern red squirrel 



1896 Sciurus hudsonicus loquax Bangs, Proc. biolog. soc. Washing- 

 ton. 28 Dec. 1896. 10:161. (Liberty Hill Ct.) 



1898 Sciurus hudsonicus loquax Allen, Bull. Am. mus. nat. hist. 

 28 July 1898. 10 : 257. 

 Colors pale; outer fringe of tail yellowish; lelly pure ivhite at all seasons. 



Total length, 315 (12^) ; tail vertebrae, 130 (5i) ; hind foot, 47 (1|). (loquax; 



Lat., talkative) 



The southeastern red squirrel occurs in the deciduous forests of the 

 transition and upper austral zones of the eastern United States. 



Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin Gray squirrel 



Size medium; lyack gray, more or less tinged with yellowish; belly white, 

 occasionally blotched with rusty; ears whitish, (carolinensis; N. Lat., 

 Carolinian) 



The gray squirrel is a wide ranging species, divisible into numerous 

 geographic races, two of which occur within our limits. 



SUBSPECIES OF SCIURUS CAROI.INENSIS 



Hind foot about 60 (2|) ; back 



always strongly tinged with 



rusty yellowish S. carolinensis carolinensis 



Hind foot about 70 (2|) ; back 



in winter pelage clear gray.... S. caro 1 in ensis leucotis 



Sciurus carolinensis carolinensis GmeUn Southeastern gray 



squirrel 



1788 [Sciurus] carolinensis Gmelin, Systema naturae, ed. 13, 1 : 148. 

 1896 Sciurus carolinensis carolinensis Bangs, Proc. biolog. soc. 

 Washington. 28 Dec. 1896. 10 : 153. 



