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Rabies was confirmed by specific laboratory tests in an Eastern fox squirrel (Scirrrus niger) which was shot in San Leandro, Alameda County, California, in August, 1971. The rabid animal had displayed aggressive, furious behavior. The one person who had been exposed, during an unprovoked attack, subsequently underwent antirabies treatment. Except in aberrant, isolated cases, such as described herein, rabies is only rarely diagnosed in rodents in the United States. Antirabies treatment for rodent bites is seldom justified, unless rabies has been demonstrated by reliable laboratory tests.

The specimens here dealt with were collected by Mr. A. H. Ritchie, Government Entomologist for Jamaica, and were handed to me for determination by Dr. Guy A. K. Marshall, Director of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology.