sciurus 917 



Specimens examined.— Vive, from, the following localities in central 

 Spain : Las Navas, Avila, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; La Granja, Segovia, 3 (B.M. and 

 Cabrera) ; no exact locality, 1. 



i. Old Castile, Spain. Lord Lilford (p). 94. 6. 11. 6. 



6. La Granja, Segovia. A. Cabrera (p). 7. 10. 17. 1. 



(Escalera.) 



Sciubtjs vulgaris segued Miller. 



1909. Sciurus vulgaris segurse Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser., 



in, p. 418, May, 1909. Type in British Museum. 



1910. Sciurus vulgaris segurx Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 121. 



Type locality. — Molinicos, Sierra de Segura, Albacete, Spain. 



Geographical distribution. — Known only from the Sierra de 

 Segura, provinces of Albacete and Jaen, south-eastern Spain. 



Diagnosis. — Related to Sciurus vulgaris infuscatus, but back 

 less blackish, its underfur light grey, tail less red and with white 

 area on under surface less well developed, and cheeks light grey, 

 forming no decided contrast with white of throat. 



Colour. — Summer pelage : upper parts a fine, inconspicuous 

 grizzle of wood-brown and blackish, the general effect resembling 

 the mars-brown of Ridgway, blackening on flanks, across posterior 

 half of back, and on postero-outer side of thighs ; in some 

 specimens the light element is more nearly russet and the black 

 is essentially absent ; underfur pale ecru-drab, the hairs with 

 faintly brownish tips ; ears and crown like back, but face with a 

 rusty wash, and muzzle and cheeks to behind base of ear light 

 clear ecru-drab, so pale as to form no marked contrast with white 

 of throat ; underfur of head, back, sides, and limbs pale ecru- 

 drab like that of cheeks, appearing conspicuously at surface 

 in specimens with abraded pelage ; feet a dull ferruginous, this 

 colour extending up outer side of thigh and over entire fore leg, 

 in both regions diluted by the ecru-drab of underfur ; entire 

 underparts and inner surface of legs buffy white to base of hairs ; 

 tail blackish, slightly tinged with dull red, the hairs becoming 

 ecru-drab at base ; whole tail sprinkled with pure white hairs 

 more numerous along median line below than elsewhere, and 

 usually (in eight of the eleven skins examined) forming a distinct 

 white median area as in S. v. infuscatus. 



Skull and teeth. — The skull and teeth do not differ appreciably 

 from those of Sciurus vulgaris infuscatus. 



Measurements. — Type (adult female) : head and body, 245 ; 

 tail (probably injured in life), 195 ; hind foot, 61. Average and 

 extremes of seven specimens from the Sierra de Segura : head and 

 body, 235-7 (230-245); tail, 210 (200-220); hind foot, 61-8 

 (60-64 ■ 4) ; ear, 25 • 8 (25-30). For cranial measurements see 

 Table, p. 922. 



Specimens examined. — Eleven, all from the Sierra de Segura. 



