BASSARISCUS. 



Geogr. Distr. California through Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas; 

 southern Mexico. 



a. HHXXII ri xrn x tixliitux raptor (Baird). 



Bassaris raptor Baird, Rep. U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv., Mamm., 



ii, 1850, p. 19. 

 Bassariscns jlai'iis Oregon its Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 



1893, P- 4i6. 

 Bassariscus astittus raptor Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



Pub., ii, 1901-, p. 316, pi. xxxv. Zool. Ser. 

 Bassariscus astntns Oregon its Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



Pub., ii, 1901, p. 317. Zool. Ser. 

 ROBBER RACCOON-FOX. 



Type locality. California? 



Geogr. Distr. California and Oregon. 



h. I'm xxii ri xrii x nxlulnx jlurux Rhoads. 



Bassariscus astntns flavns Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 

 1893, p. 417. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 n, 1901, p. 316. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. n, 1904, p. 485. Zool. Ser. 

 TAWNY RACCOON-FOX. 

 Type locality. Texas. 

 Geogr. Distr. Texas south into northern Mexico. 



971. Bassariscus saxicola Merriam. 



Bassariscus saxicola Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, 1897, p. 



185. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 



Pub., iv, Pt. n, 1904, p. 485. Zool. Ser. 

 ESPIRITU SANTO RACCOON-FOX. 



Type locality. Espiritu Santo Island, Lower California, Mexico. 

 Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



972. Bassariscus * sumichrasti (Saussure). 



I'nissdris siiniiclirasli Sauss., Rev. Mag. Zool., 2me Ser., xn, 1860, 



p. 7. pl- i- 

 Bassaris rariahilis Peters, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. \Yiss. Berl., 



1874, p. 704, pis. i, n. 

 Bassiiris inouticola Cordero, La Natural., in, 1875, p. 270, pi. - . 



*In tin' Mammals ctf Middle America and llu- West Indies, Pt. II. p. 487, 

 Bassaris Miiui, /;></.->// was i^iven as a synonym of tinntilntns Wanner. (In 

 further hr. estimation I am inclined 1" adopt Mr. Thomas' vir\v, Am. Ma- 

 Xat. Ilisi.. ;th Set., M, [903, l>. 380, tliat \\"a-iHT's type \vas too youni,' to 

 d.-limtfly dftcniiiiic \\hcthcr or not it was the same as Saussmv's s]ici'ics, 

 and 111. /'. Mtniii linuti would assume its specific rank and the synonyms 



placed under (ininiliitiis must he restored lo it. A description o!" //. xitmi- 

 (/;ni>/; is, therefore, Ii. m. 



