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Sciurus hudsonicus hudsonicus (Erxleben) Hudso7iian red squirrel 



Vlll [Sciurus vulgaris] £ hudsonicus Erxleben, Syst. regn. anim. 



1:416. (Hudson bay) 

 1894 Sciurus hudsonicus Allen, Bull. Am. mus. nat. bist. 7 Nor. 1894. 



6 : 325. 

 1898 Sciurus hudsonicus Allen, Bull. Am. mus. nat. bist. 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 (4J) ; bind foot, 

 47 (li). (hudsonicus; 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; lielly pure white at all seasons. 



Total length, 315 (121) ; tail vertebrae, 130 (5i) ; hind foot, 47 (IJ). (Iciquax; 



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; hade gray, more or less tinged with yellowish; belly white, 

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

 Carolinian) 



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

 geographic races, two of which occur within our limits. 



SUB.SPECIES OF SCIDKUS CAKOI.INENSIS 



Hind foot about 60 (2f ) ; back 

 always strongly tinged with 



rusty yellowish S. carolinen sis carolinensis 



Hind foot about 70 (2i) ; back 



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



I 

 Sciurus carolinensis carolinensis Gmelin 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. 



