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SCIUEUS ■ SUB- AURATUS.— Bach. 
Orange - bellied SauiRREL. — Golden - bellied SauiRREL. 
PLATE LVIIL Male and Female. — Natural Size. 
S. Magnitudine, S. migratorium supertens, S. Carolinensi cedens ; 
supra cinereus flavido-undutus, subtus saturate aureus, cauda corpore 
longiore. 
CHARACTERS. 
Size intermediate between the Northern gray and the little Carolina 
squirrel ; tail longer than the body ; colour, above, gray, with a wash of yel- 
low ; beneath, deep golden yellow. 
SANONYME. 
Golden-bellied Sqdirrel, Sciurus Sub-auratiis.-— Bachman, Mon. Genus Sciurus, 
p. 12. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Til the two specimens now before us, which are very similar in size and 
markings, there is no appearance of the small anterior upper molar found in 
several other species of this genus. We conclude, therefore, that it either 
does not exist at all, or drops out at a very early period ; and accordingly 
set down this species as having only twenty teeth, viz. : 
Incisive Canine — ; Molar — —20. 
The upper incisors are of moderate size ; their colour is deep orange 
brown ; the lower incisors are a little paler ; head, of medium size ; ears 
short and pointed, clothed with hair on both surfaces. The body seems 
more formed for sprightliness and agility than that of the small Caro- 
lina Squirrel, and in this respect comes nearest to the northern gray squir- 
rel. The tail is long, and nearly as broad as that of the last na.med 
species. 
