VOL. XIII, PP. 151-152 JUNE 13, 1900 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW MAMMALS FROM 

 CALIFORNIA. 



BY 0. HAHT MKRRIAM. 



Sciuropterus oregonensis stephensi subsp. nov. 



CALIFORNIA COAST FLYING SQUIRREL. 



Type from Sherwood, Mendocino Co., Calif, (alt. 2500 ft.) No. 99,830 9 

 yg. ad., U. S. Nat. Mus., Biological Survey Coll. Collected May 10, 

 1894, by F. Stephens. Grig. No. 2307. 



Characters. Similar to oregonensis but smaller and paler; underparts 

 and underside of tail without trace of fulvous suffusion. Skull smaller; 

 occipital region much more strongly decurved: f rentals narrower inter- 

 orbitally and broader posteriorly; nasals and premaxillne narrower pos 

 teriorly. 



Menitni't'incntif. Type specimen, 9 ad: Total length 277; tail vertebrae 

 181: hind foot 37. 



Remarks. In coloration this subspecies resembles klamathensis much 

 more closely than oregonemtti, but it is slightly darker than klamathensis 

 and has much smaller ears and audital bullw. 



Procyon pallidus sp. nov. 



DESERT RACCOON. 



Type from New River, Colorado Desert, Calif. No. 99,272 9 ad., U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., Biological Survey Coll. Collected Oct. 16, 1899 by F. 

 Stephens. Orig. No. 224(5. 



Character*. Size medium; coloration uniform pale gray, very much 

 paler and grayer than any other known form; head markings relatively 

 narrow, the dark dividing the white bar between the eyes less distinctly 

 black than in the other species. There is no yellowish suffusion in the 

 pelage anywhere, not even on the tail. The tail rings may be traced all 



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