. The quadrupeds of North America [microform]. Mammals; Rodentia; Mammifères; Rongeurs. 292. SCIURUS and Bach. Red-Bellied Squirrel. PLATE XXXVIIl.—Male, Femalk, and Youno. Sc. Caroliniano paullulum minor; cauda corpore longiore; vellere supra albo-cinereo. infra rufo, armis iuscis. CHARACTERS. A size smaller than the Carolina gray squirrel; tail, longer than the body; light gray aboDe, reddish-brown on the shoulders, beneath, bright rufous. I SYNONYME. S01URU8 Ferruoinivkntris, Aud. and Bach., Jour. Acad, of Nat. Sc, Philadelphia, read October 6, 1841. DESCRIPTION. This
. The quadrupeds of North America [microform]. Mammals; Rodentia; Mammifères; Rongeurs. 292. SCIURUS and Bach. Red-Bellied Squirrel. PLATE XXXVIIl.—Male, Femalk, and Youno. Sc. Caroliniano paullulum minor; cauda corpore longiore; vellere supra albo-cinereo. infra rufo, armis iuscis. CHARACTERS. A size smaller than the Carolina gray squirrel; tail, longer than the body; light gray aboDe, reddish-brown on the shoulders, beneath, bright rufous. I SYNONYME. S01URU8 Ferruoinivkntris, Aud. and Bach., Jour. Acad, of Nat. Sc, Philadelphia, read October 6, 1841. DESCRIPTION. This species in form bears some resemblance to the Carolina gray squirrel, but differs widely from it in colour. The forohead is arched; nose, rather sharp, clothed with short fur; eyes, of mo-'lerate size ; whisk- ers, as long as the head ; ears, rather long, broad at base, ovate in shape. The body is slender, seeminjjly formed for an agility equalling that of Sciurus Hudsonius. It is covered with a soft thick coat of fur, inter- mixed with longer hairs. The feet are rather robust. Like all the squirrels, it has a blunt nail in place of a thumb, and the third toe, counting from the inner side, is longest; palms, nearly naked. The tail is long, and capable of a distichous arrangement, but the hairs are not very thick or bushy. COLOUR. Teeth, j^ellow ; nails, brown ; point of nose and whiskers, black ; ears, on the outer edges, tinged with brown, within gray ; behind the ears on the neck a line of dull white. On the upper surAice, the head, neck, back, and tail, are light gray, formed by hairs which are light plumbeous from. 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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