. The quadrupeds of North America [microform]. Mammals; Rodentia; Mammifères; Rongeurs. 238 FRRMONTS SQUIRREI* There is a slight and almost imporcpptiblo lihick stripe about a lino wide and three inches long, separating the colour of the sides from the aohy white tint of the under surface. The annulations in the hairs of the tail are somewhat indistinct: from the roots for nearly half their length tlicy are grayish-white, are then black, and arc broadly tipped with white. DIMENSIONS. Length of head and body, " tail (vertebras), " '• (including fur), - Height of ear posteriorly, "
. The quadrupeds of North America [microform]. Mammals; Rodentia; Mammifères; Rongeurs. 238 FRRMONTS SQUIRREI* There is a slight and almost imporcpptiblo lihick stripe about a lino wide and three inches long, separating the colour of the sides from the aohy white tint of the under surface. The annulations in the hairs of the tail are somewhat indistinct: from the roots for nearly half their length tlicy are grayish-white, are then black, and arc broadly tipped with white. DIMENSIONS. Length of head and body, " tail (vertebras), " '• (including fur), - Height of ear posteriorly, " " (including tufts), Palm and middle fore-claw, Sole and middle hind-claw. Inchnn 7 41 Gi i I 2 HABITS. We possess no information in regard to this animal farther than that it was obtained on the Rocky Mountains. It no doubt, like all the other small species of Squirrels which are closely allied with it {Richardsonii, Iludsoniiu , lanuginosus, &c.), feeds on the seeds of pines, and other conifcraj. All these squirrels inhabit elevated regions of country, and in addition to their habit of climbing, have burrows in the ground, wherein they make their dormitories, and dwell in winter ; whilst in summer they select the hollow of a tree, in which they construct their nests. Their note is peculiar, like chickaree chickaree repeated in quick succes- sion, and differing from the qua qua quah note of the larger squirrels. By their habit of burrowing or living in holes in the ground, these small squirrels make an approach to the genus Tamius, or ground squirrels. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. The only specimen we have seen was obtained by Colonel Fremont ; it was procured on the Kocky Mountains, on his route by the south pass to California. GENERAL REMARKS. The tufts on the ears of this species are considerably larger thaii in any other known species of squirrel in our country, except Sciurus dorsalis, a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images tha
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