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Sciurus varius, Wagner. Hab. Pine forests of the Cordilleras of Oaxaca, Mexico. 
Sciurus varius, Wagner, Suppl. Schreb. Ill, 1843, 168. 
Sciurus albipes , Wagner, Abh. K. B. Akad. Wiss. (Math. Phys.) II, 501.— Ib. in plates of Schreber Saugt. IY; tab. 
213 D. 
f Sciurus variegatus, Erxleben, Syst. 1777, 421. 
Above, mixed white, black, and ferruginous ; beneath, ochrey ferruginous ; feet, and a spot 
behind the ear, white ; tail centrally, ferruginous ; on the sides, banded with black and white. 
Length of head and body, 11 inches ; of tail vertebrae, 8 ; of tail with the hairs, lOf. 
This species, in some respects, especially in the ferruginous belly and white post-auricular 
patch, approaches the S. ferruginiventris of Audubon and Bachman. 
Sciurus socialis, Wagner. Hab. the Tierra Caliente of the west coast of Tehuantepec. 
Sciurus socialis, Wagner, in Abh. K. Bay. Akad. der Wissensch. (Math. Phys.) II, 504; tab. v.— Ib. Suppl. Schreb. 
Ill, 1843, 171. 
Above, mixed white, cinereous, and yellowish ; beneath, pale rusty yellow; ears fulvous; 
feet white; fur soft. A tuft of snow white hair behind the ear. Tail rusty red beneath, then 
black, then bordered with white. 
Length, 8| inches ; tail a little less. 
3. South American squirrels with long bushy tails. 
Sciurus langsdorffii, Brandt. Hab. Brazil. 
Sciurus langsdorffii, Brandt, Mem. Acad. St. Petersburg, 1835, 425; tab. xi. 
Wagner, Suppl. Schreb. Ill, 1843, 184. 
Sciurus dimidiatus, Waterhouse. Hab. South America. 
Sciurus dimidiatus, Waterhouse, Ann. & Mag. N. H. VI, 304. 
Wagner, Suppl. Schreb. Ill, 1843, 184. 
Sciurus variabilis, Is. Geoffr. Hab. Colombia. 
Sciurus variabilis, Is. Geoffr. Etudes Zool. I; tab. iv. 
Wagner, Suppl. Schreb. Ill, 1843, 184. 
Sciurus variegatoides, Ogilby. Hab. west coast of South America. 
Sciurus variegatoides, Ogilby, Ann. & Mag. N. H. V, 63. 
Wagner, Suppl. Schreb. Ill, 1843, 185. 
Sciurus griseocaudatus, Gray. Hab. west coast (South ?) America. 
Sciurusgriseocaudalus, J. E. Gray, Zool. of Sulphur, 1844, 34; pi. xiii, f. 2 (animal); pi. xviii, figs. 7, 12, (skull.) 
Fox-colored beneath. Head and body, 10 inches 
