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Mesosciurus candalensis (Allen). 
Guerlinguetus candalensis ALLEN, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXITT, p. 590, 
Oct. 8, 1914. 
Type locality — La Candela, near San Agustin, Huila, Colombia; alti- 
tude 6500 feet. 
Geographic distribution.— Southern part of the western slope of the 
Eastern Andes, Huila, Colombia, at altitudes of 4000 to 6500 feet. 
Description.— “ Upperparts (type) minutely punctated with pale orange 
~ yellow and dark brown, the hairs being blackish with minute yellow tips, 
the mid-dorsal region slightly darker than the flanks; underparts with the 
tips of the hairs white on the throat, pectoral region and middle of the 
lower abdomen, and pale ochraceous over the mid-abdominal region; lower 
border of the sides of the neck, outer surface of fore limbs, edge of thighs 
and outer surface of hind limbs washed with ochraceous; inner surface of 
fore limbs grayish white like the breast; inner surface of hind limbs with a 
broad central line of whitish bordered with a wash of ochraceous; tail above 
heavily washed with red or orange red, black for about 40 mm. at the tip; 
under surface of tail centrally grizzled with pale ochraceous and black, 
with a submarginal band of black, and a narrow edging of red, the tip of the 
tail black; ears colored like the surrounding surface, with barely an indica- 
tion of a postauricular patch of soft fulvous hairs. 
“Total length (type, collector's measurements), 380; head and body, 
190; tail vertebre, 190; hind foot, 538. Eight specimens (type and 7 
topotypes), total length, 390 (380-420, only 1 above 400); head and body, 
208 (190-230); tail vertebrae, 181 (160-200); hind foot (in dry skin), 52.8 
(51-55). 
“Skull (type), total length, 51.2; zygomatic breadth, 29; interorbital 
breadth, 16; breadth of braincase, 22.6; length of nasals, 15.5; maxillary 
toothrow, 8.5. Three adult skulls (type and 2 topotypes), total length, 
51.3 (51-52.5); zygomatic breadth, 29.5 (29-30); interorbital breadth, 16 
(16-16); breadth of braincase, 23 (22.6-23.3); length of nasals, 15.38 (15- 
15.5); maxillary toothrow, 8.4 (8.2-8.8).”” — Allen, /. ¢. 
Specimens examined, 11.— Colombia: La Candela, 8, type and 7 topo- 
types; La Palma, 3 (all Am. Mus.). 
Remarks.— “The specimens referred to G. ee agree in the 
coloration of the upperparts and of the tail, but present a wide range of 
individual variation in the coloration of the underparts, which vary from 
nearly uniform clear grayish white to orange red over the whole abdominal 
area, with the upper chest and throat buff. In 3 of the specimens the 
