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Sciurus hudsonicus hudsonicus (Erxleben) HiLdsonian red squirrel 



im [Sciurus vulgaris] e budsonicus Erxleben, Syst. regn. anim. 



1 : 416. (Hudson bay) 

 1894 Seiurus hudsonicus Allen, Bull. Am. mus. nat. List. 7 Nov. 1894. 



6:325. 

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

 10 : 255. 

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

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

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



The Hudsonian red squirrel is probably confined to the wooded 



portions of the Labrador peninsula. 



Sciurus hudsonicus loquax Bangs Southeaster7i 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; helly pure white 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; })ack 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 CAROLINENSIS 

 Hind foot about 60 (2|) ; back 



always strongly tinged with 



rusty yellowish S. carolinensis carolinensis 



Hind foot about 70 (2f ) ; back 



in winter pelage clear gray S. carolinensis leucotis 



Sciurus carolinensis carolinensis Gmehn 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. 



