NEW SPECIES of AMERICAN QUADRUPEDS. 67 
Length of ears, including fur, 0 inches 5 lines, 
►sole and middle hind claw, 0 “ 9 “ 
dhe specimen from which I have described is 
labelled “ Rocky Mountains, August 12th, 1834.” 
7. Sciurus lanuginosus. Downy Squirrel. 
n A n S1 rf Ular and beautiful little quadruped, to 
w nch I have conceived the above name appropriate, 
was sent to me with the collection of Mr. Town- 
send. He states in his letter, “Of this animal I 
know nothing ; it was killed on the coast near Sitka, 
and given me by my friend, W. F. Tolmie, Esq., 
burgeon of the Honorable Hudson’s Bay Company.” 
The head is broader than S. hudsonicus, and the 
forehead much arched; the ears short and oval; 
whiskers longer than the head ; feet and toes short’ 
thumb armed with a broad, flat nail ; nails slender’ 
compressed and acute; the third on the fore feet is 
the longest, as in the squirrels. The tail, which 
bears some resemblance to that of the flying squir- 
rel is composed of hairs a little coarser than those 
o the back, and much shorter than the body. On 
the fore feet the palms are nearly naked, the under 
surface of the toes being only partially covered with 
iair, but on the hind feet, the under surface from 
the heel even to the extremity of the nails, is thick- 
ly clothed with soft, short hairs. 
nr Th ® fur softer > and more downy, than that of 
^ ler of our species, and the whole covering of 
amma indicates it to be a native of a cold region. 
IP teeth are dark orange ; whiskers brown ; the 
