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SCIURUS FOSSOR P bale. 
California Grey Squirrel. 
PLATE CLIII.— Fig. 2. 
S. Supra e nigro alboque intermixes griseus, subtus albus, auribus 
breviter pilosis, naso nigro, cauda disticha, albo-marginata, corpore 
magms, b 
longiore. 
CHARACTERS. 
Above, grey ; beneath, white ; ears not tufted, but clothed within and without 
with short hairs ; nose black; tail distichous, tipped with white; body long 
and rather slender. 
SYNONYMES. 
_ . ,, n f.L.no isas_42. Phila. 1848. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Whiskers shorter than the head ; ears large, sub triangular, rounded at 
COLOUR. 
Body above light grey, produced by an intermixture of black and 
white points ; the hairs are grey at base, then black, and have a pure 
white annulation about the middle ; intermixed with them are a few 
lono-er pure black hairs. A small spot towards the tip of the nose, and 
an Indistinct line above the eyes are black ; whiskers black. Beneat , 
the body is pure white, except the perineum, which is grey ; tail grey, 
blackish towards the edges, and broadly margined with white ; rather 
lighter in colour beneath. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines. 
From tip of nose to root of tail, 
Head, 
Length of ear, - 
Breadth of ear, 
Fore foot to end of longest claw, 
Hind foot to end of longest claw, 
Tail, to end of vertebra, - 
hair, - 
