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Title: The Subspecies of the Mexican Red-bellied Squirrel, Sciurus aureogaster

Author: Keith R. Kelson

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The Subspecies of the Mexican Red-bellied
Squirrel, Sciurus aureogaster

BY

KEITH R. KELSON

University of Kansas Publications
Museum of Natural History

Volume 5, No. 17, pp. 243-250
April 10, 1952

University of Kansas
LAWRENCE
1952

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, A. Byron Leonard,
Edward H. Taylor, Robert W. Wilson

Volume 5, No. 17, pp. 243-250
April 10, 1952

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas

PRINTED BY
FERD VOILAND, JR., STATE PRINTER
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1952

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The Subspecies of the Mexican Red-bellied
Squirrel, _Sciurus aureogaster_

BY

KEITH R. KELSON

In his excellent taxonomic treatment of the tree squirrels of Mexico
and Central America, Nelson (Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 1:15-110,
2 pls., May 9, 1899) recognized three subspecies of red-bellied
squirrels, _Sciurus aureogaster aureogaster_ F. Cuvier, _Sciurus
aureogaster hypopyrrhus_ Wagler, and _Sciurus aureogaster frumentor_
Nelson. In his