. The quadrupeds of North America [microform]. Mammals; Rodentia; Mammifères; Rongeurs. 214 SCIURUS LANIGERUS.—AuD. andBapr. Woolly S(iuirrei« PLATE XXVII. Sc. migratorii magnitudine; pilis longis et lanosis; cauda ampla, vil- losa vixque disticha; naso, auriculis, pedibusque pene nigris; vellere supra ex cinereo fusco; subtus dilute fusco. CHARACTERS. She of Sciurus migratorius; hair, long and ivoolly; tail, large and bushy; nose, ears, andftet, nearly black, upper surface, grizzly dark gray and brown; under parts, pale brown. 8YNONYME. SciuTtus Lanioerus, Aud. and Bach., Journal of the Acad,
. The quadrupeds of North America [microform]. Mammals; Rodentia; Mammifères; Rongeurs. 214 SCIURUS LANIGERUS.—AuD. andBapr. Woolly S(iuirrei« PLATE XXVII. Sc. migratorii magnitudine; pilis longis et lanosis; cauda ampla, vil- losa vixque disticha; naso, auriculis, pedibusque pene nigris; vellere supra ex cinereo fusco; subtus dilute fusco. CHARACTERS. She of Sciurus migratorius; hair, long and ivoolly; tail, large and bushy; nose, ears, andftet, nearly black, upper surface, grizzly dark gray and brown; under parts, pale brown. 8YNONYME. SciuTtus Lanioerus, Aud. and Bach., Journal of the Acad, Nat. Sc, Philad., 1841, p. 100 DESCRIPTION. Head, short; forehead, arched ; nose, blunt; clothed v/ith soft hair; whiskers, longer than the head ; eyes, large; ears, large, broad at basp. ovate. Body, .stout, covered with long and woolly hairs, which are much longer and a little coarser than those of the Northern gray squirrel. Legs, stout, feet, of moderate size; , strong, compressed, arched and sharp. The third lue, longest; a blunt nail in place of a thumb. Palms, na! od ; toes, hairy to the extremity of the nails. Tail, long and bushy, and the hairs long and coarse. COLOUR. Incisors, dark orange on the outer surface; the head, both on the upper and lower surface, as far as the neck, the ears, whiskers, fore-legs to the shoulder, feet, and inner surface of , black; with a few yellow- ish-brown hairs intermixed. The long fur on the back is for half its. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Audubon, John James, 1785-1851; Bachman, John, 1790-1874. New York : G. R. Lockwood
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