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SCIURDS VULGARIS FUSCOATER Altum. 



1804. Sciurus vulgaris var. cinerea Hermann, Observ. Zool., p. 65 



(Germany ?) Not Sciurus cinereus Linnaeus 1766. 

 1857. Sciurus vulgaris Blasius Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 272 (part). 

 1876. [Sciurus vulgaris] var. fuscoatra Altum, Forstzoologie, 2d ed., i, 



p. 75 (Harz Mts. and Silesia). 

 1876. [Sciurus vulgaris] var. nigrescens Altum, Forstzoologie, 2d ed., i, 



p. 75 (Silesia). 

 1876. [Sciurus vulgaris] var. brunnea Altum, Forstzoologie, 2d ed., i, 



p. 75 (Alsace-Lorraine). 

 1876. [Sciurus vulgaris] grseca Altum, Forstzoologie, 2d ed., I, p. 75 



(synonym of brunnea). 

 1876. [Sciurus vulgaris] alpina Altum, Forstzoologie, 2d ed., I, p. 75 



(synonym of brunnea). Not Sciurus alpinus F. Cuvier, 1842. 

 1899. Sciurus vulgaris rufus Barrett-Hamilton, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 



p. 5. Not of Kerr, 1792. 

 1905. Sciurus vulgaris var. gotthardi Fatio, Arch. Sci. Phys. et Nat., 



Geneve, 4th ser., xix, p. 512 (South slope of Mt. St. Gothard, 



Switzerland). 



1907. Sciurus vulgaris rutilans Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., 



xx, p. 426, November, 1907 (Rudolstadt, Thiiringen, Germany). 

 Type in British Museum. 



1908. Sciurus vulgaris fuscoatcr Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser., 



I, p. 128, January, 1908. 

 1910. Sciurus vulgaris fuscoater Trouessart, Faune Marnm. d'Europe, 

 p. 118. 



Type locality. — Harz Mountains, Germany. 



Geographical distribution. — East-central Europe from Germany 

 through Austria-Hungary to Roumania ; south through the Alps. 



Diagnosis. — Similar to S. vulgaris russus, but red phase in 

 both winter and summer a clear bright rufous, tinged with grey 

 on sides and sometimes on back. Dark phase present but less 

 common than red phase, the relative abundance of the two 

 subject to much local variation. Summer pelage : light phase : 

 body clear rufous, closely agreeing with that of Ridgway, and 

 without chestnut suffusion, tail the same clear rufous but more 

 intense ; dark phase as in winter but general effect more sooty. 

 Winter pelage : light phase : body rufous tinged with light 

 smoke- grey along sides, tail clear rufous; dark phase: body a 

 grizzled hair-brown suffused with mummy-brown over back ; tail 

 slaty black. 



Measurements. — Average and extremes of five adults from 

 Ingelheim, Rheinhessen, Germany: head and body, 229 • 4 (220- 

 236); tail, 192 (189-198); hind foot, 60'4 (59-61); ear, 32-4 

 (31—34). Young adult male from Rudolstadt, Thiiringen, 

 (iermany (type of rutilans Miller) : head and body, 223 ; tail, 

 175 ; hind foot, 57 ; ear, 27. Adult female from Niesky, Silesia, 

 Germany: head and body, 228; tail, 195; hind foot, 62; ear, 

 32. Adult male and female from St. Gallen, Switzerland : head 

 and body, 230 and 229; tail, 184 and 190; hind foot, 61 and 



