PROCYON. 69 
Fam. III. PROCYONIDA. 
: : 1. PROCYON. 
Procyon, Storr, Prod. Meth. Mamm. p. 35 (1780). 
The Raccoons are the only animals of this typically Neotropic family which range well 
into the Northern continent... They present the most terrestrial development of the 
family type, having stout compact bodies, a short pointed snout, close-set eyes, broad 
rounded ears, a somewhat short tail, non-compressed canines, and broad tuberculate 
molars. The two species whose ranges meet in our subregion are the only ones at 
present well established, though it seems not improbable that further knowledge will 
lead to the specific recognition of other South-American forms. At present, however, 
we have only to deal with :— | 
1. P. crancrivorus. General colour brown ; body and limbs slender, feet sparsely 
haired or naked above, tail slender, fur close; outer incisors broad. Length 
of head and body about 24", of tail 13”. 
2. P. lotor. Brownish-grey ; body and limbs stouter, feet fully haired above, tail 
shorter and more bushy, fur woolly; incisors small and uniform. Head and 
body about 24”, tail 11”. 
1. Procyon crancrivorus. 
Ursus crancrivorus, Cuvier, Tabl. Elém. @’Hist. Nat. p. 113 (1798, descr. orig.) *. 
Procyon crancrivorus, Sclater, P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 421°. 
Hab. Panama, Veragua (Mus. Boucard), Colon (Ridpath, Zool. Soc. Viv.?).—SovuTH 
AMERICA, to Guiana ?. 
The Crab-eating Raccoon is found as far north as Panama, whence living specimens 
have more than once been received by the Zoological Society, and Veragua, whence it 
has been obtained by M. Boucard. It isa native of Colombia and Guiana: but its range 
further south is doubtful; for Mr. Sclater has shown good reason to believe that the 
Raccoon of Southern Brazil and Paraguay belongs to another form, which may probably 
prove to constitute a distinct species. This latter race is distinguished by its naked 
reddish feet and by the yellow colour of the lower part of its body; for in the northern 
animal the feet are dark and more fully haired above, and the belly is but slightly 
paler than the back. Further information will be required before the relationship of 
these two forms can be definitely settled. Should they prove distinct, Cuvier’s name, 
being founded on Cayenne specimens, must be retained for the northern race ?, 
