526 GRISON. 



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

 Mexico. Altitude, 600 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Vera Cruz, southeastern Mexico? Known 

 only from type locality. 



Genl. Char. Size rather large. 



Color. Head and neck grayish white; remainder of body black; 

 white spot on breast; tail colored like body. 



Measurements. Skull: basal length, 109; greatest breadth, 76. 



B. Galictis. 



501. allamandi (Galictis), Bell, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1837, p. 47. Id. 



Trans. Zool. Soc., n, 1837, p. 204, pi. xxxvu. 

 ALLAMAND'S GRISON. 



Type locality. Unknown. 



Color. "The base of the hairs on the back therefore is black, 

 and the tips quite white, forming a pure blackish gray or black with 

 white points and lines; whilst all the under parts of the throat and 

 front of the belly are black. The fascia extending from the forehead 

 back to the sides of the neck is also white. This fascia does not 

 extend in the specimen described as in the former species. (G. vit- 

 tata.) The hairs of the whole body are very short in comparison 

 and much stiffer and more closely set. The animal is considerably 

 larger (than G. vittata), and the tail for a stuffed specimen shorter in 

 proportion." (Bell, 1. c.) 



Measurements. None given. 



502. canaster (Galictis), Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, 1901, 



p. 129. 

 NELSON'S GRISON. 



Type locality. Tunkas, State of Yucatan, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. From Orizaba, State of Puebla, to State of Yucatan. 



Genl. Char. Body long, weasel-like; legs short; head broad; ears 

 short, rounded; tail short. 



Color. Face, feet, legs, and entire under parts black; pure white 

 stripe across forehead extending over eyes and across cheeks and ears 

 nearly to shoulders; rest of head grading from pure white into the 

 smoky gray that covers entire upper parts ; long hairs of upper parts 

 have a broad subterminal black band and white tip; tail probably 

 like the back, but in the present specimen the dark hairs seem to 

 have been worn away or shed, for only about an inch of their base is 

 like the back, remaining portion being a uniform dark gray. 



Measurements. Total length, 720; tail to end of hairs, 170; hind 

 foot, 50 (dried skin). Skull: occipital region lacking; greatest 



