418 GALERA. 



Genus 128. <i;ih>r;i. The Orisons. 



Oalera Browne, Civil \: Xaval Hist. Jamaica, 2d Ser., 1789, p. 485, 



Tab. 49, fig. i. Type Mnxtcla barbara Linnasus. 

 *Grison Oken, Lehrb. der Naturgesch., Zool., n, 1816, pp. xi, 1000. 

 Tayra Oken, Lehrb. der Naturgesch., Zool., n, 1816, p. 1001. 

 Grisonia Gray, Ann. Phil., xxvi, 1825, p. 339. 

 Laira F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., v, 1826, livr. XLV. 

 Galictis Bell, Zool. Journ., n, 1826, p. 551. 

 Galidictis I. Geoff., Mag. Zool., Mamm., 1839, p. 32. 



Subgenus A. Tayra. 



diili-rn l>urhr/t liinlnoid- (Thomas). 



Galictis barbara biologies Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., yth Ser., 



v, 1900, p. 146. 



Grison barbara biologies Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. n, 1904, p. 524, fig. 99 (G. barbara). 

 Zool. Ser. 



CALOVEVORA GRISON. Chulomuco, Tulomuco in Costa Rica. 

 Type locality. Calovevora, Veragua, Panama. 

 Geogr. Distr. Central America generally. 



d Ixii'hiiru xt'iK'.v (Thomas). 

 Galictis barbara seneoc Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., yth Ser., v, 



1900, p. 146. 

 Grison barbara senex Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 



F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. n, 1904, p. 525. Zool. Ser. 

 GRAY-HEADED GRISON. 



Type locality. Hacienda Tortugas, Jalapa, State of Vera Cruz, 

 Mexico. Altitude, about 600 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



B. Galictis. 



1016. Qalera allamandi (Bell). 



Galictis allamantli Bell, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1837, p. 47. 

 Grison alltinminli Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & \V. Indies, 

 F. G. M. Pub., [V, 1M. n, 1904, p. 526. Zool. Ser. 



*In the Mamm. Middle Amer. \ \V. Indies. (/Y/.vc;; was employed as the 

 generic term for iln- allied I'm-ms of M n.^tcln /'./;/',;><; I. inn., hut this appears 



an error, as (,'iili-ra (1. C.) Broun. dearly antedates d'nst'ii ( >ken, and 

 di..uld t"' tlic term eni]>ln\ed. 'I'lie taei that (,,ili->,i has bi'en used in \'arious 

 ways l>y Authors, and some eonfusiiin has l>ec'ii tliereliy rivaled, in no \vay 

 invalidates its elaim to take preeedenee over all other names proposed for this 

 "t mammals. 



