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SCIURUS AUDUBONI.-Bach. 
Large Louisiana Black Squirrel. 
PLATE CLII. Fig. 2.— Male. 
Paulo minor quam Sciurus Niger ; aures breviores ; dentes qui cibum 
secant latiores ; cauda longitudine corpori par ; capilli valde crassi, tac- 
tuque asperi, sed nihilominus nitidi. Color, supra niger ; infra subfuscus. 
CHARACTERS. 
Ji little less than Sciurus niger ; ears, shorter ; incisors, broader j tail, as 
long as the body ; fur, very coarse and harsh to the touch, but glossy ; colour, 
above, black, beneath, brownish. 
SYNONYME. 
Large Louisiana Black Squirrel — Sciurus Auduboni. Bach., Monog. of the 
Genus Sciurus, p. 33. 1839. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Dental Formula. — Incisive - ; Canine ° 0 ~- Molar t? = 20. 
Our specimen has the above number of teeth. If the small anterior 
molar in the upper jaw exists in the young, which we suspect to be the 
case in all American species, it is deciduous ; and we are warranted in 
arranging this species among those which have permanently but twenty 
teeth. In the upper jaw the anterior molar is triangular in shape, and 
crowned with three blunt tubercles ; the other molars are quadrangular, 
with concave crowns. 
Head, narrower, and body, thinner than in S. niger ; ears, short and 
conical, covered on both surfaces with short adpressed hairs, presenting no 
tufts ; whiskers, longer than the head, extending to the shoulders. Fur 
on the back, very coarse. 
COLOUR. 
Incisors, deep orange ; whiskers, black ; back, upper parts, outsides of 
limbs, and feet, black, with a faint tinge of brown. Many of the hairs are 
