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SCIURUS ABERT1.— Woodhousb. 
Col. Abert’s Squirrel. 
PLATE CL II I. —Fig. 1. 
S. Auribus magnis latisque, cristatis longis subnigris cinereisque crini- 
bus ; rubra in dorso striga. 
CHARACTERS. 
Ears large and broad, tufted with long blackish grey hairs ; a reddish 
stripe on the back. 
SYNONYMES. 
Soiurus dorsalis. — Woodhouse, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phil., June, 1852, p. 110. 
Sciurus Aberti. — Woodhouse, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., Dec., 1852, p. 220. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Ears large and broad, with very long tufts ; tail very large ; fur long, 
compact, and soft ; claws long, very strong, and much curved ; whiskers 
very long. 
COLOUR. 
General colour above dark grey, with the exception of the dorsal line 
and a band extending along the external base or hind part of the ear, 
which is of a rich ferruginous brown colour ; beneath, white, with the 
exception of the perineum, which is grey ; cheeks greyish white ; tail 
grey above with a broad white margin, and white beneath ; claws of a 
black colour with the exception of their points, which are light and 
almost transparent ; whiskers black ; iris dark brown. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Dried Skin. 
Length from nose to root of tail, about, - 
From heel to point of longest nail, - 
Height of ears, externally, 
“ “ to end of tufts, 
Breadth “ 
) 
From ear to point of nose, about 
Tail (vertebras), about .... 
“ to end of fur, ..... 
Inches. 
13 
2A 
1 3 
9 8 
a T o 
1 
1-7. 
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8 
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