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SCIURUS C L A II K I 1 . — Smith. 
Clark’s Squirrel. 
SYNONYME. 
Sciurus Clarkii, Clark’s Squirrel. — Griffiths, Cuvier, vol. iii., p. 189. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Back, upper parts of the head and neck, cheeks and tail, of a delicate 
silver grey colour ; the shoulders, flanks, belly, and posterior extremities, 
both within and without, are white with a slight ochreous tint ; on the 
sides of the nose and the fore-legs this tint deepens in intensity ; the head 
is rather flattened and thick, the ears small and round ; eyes black, and 
situated on the sides of the head very far distant from each other, leaving 
a wide expanse of forehead. The nostrils are semilunar in shape ; the 
upper lip is cleft, and there is a black spot on the chin. 
The tail, which is flat and spreading, is very beautiful, not so full near 
its interior as towards the middle, and again diminishing in breadth until 
it terminates in a point. 
GENERAL REMARKS. 
We are greatly inclined to consider this squirrel as identical with 
Sciurus Fossor, of Peale, which we have figured and described. Should 
other specimens of this species not be found and more positively deter- 
mined, it would perhaps be better to retain the name of Sciurus Clarkii, 
and give S. Fossor as a synonyme. 
