POTOS. 



501 



Color. Muzzle and space around the eyes dark brown; head and 

 body above grayish yellow; under parts and inner sides of limbs deep 

 fulvous yellow, with a dark streak on abdomen; hands and feet 

 brownish; tail above grayish yellow, lighter beneath, tip brown. 



FIG. LXIX. POTOS FLAVUS. THE KINKAJOU. 



Measurements. Total length, 1015; tail, 435; hind foot with 

 claws, 100; ear, 38. (Skin, probably stretched.) Skull: greatest 

 length, 94; basal length, 83; zygomatic breadth, 66; interorbital 

 breadth, 22.5; breadth of braincase, 44; palatal length, 40; upper 

 tooth row, 21.6; lower tooth row, inclusive of canines, 24; length of 

 upper molar series, 14; lower molar series, 16.3 ; height of mandible at 

 coronoid process, 46.7. 



flavus chiriquensis (Potos), Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1904, 



p. 72. 

 CHIRIQUI KINKAJOU. 



Type locality. Boqueron, Chiriqui, Panama. 



Color. Above brownish yellow, hairs tipped with blackish; 

 middle of back darker, but no dorsal line ; sides of neck and shoulders 

 and front of neck yellowish or golden rufous ; under parts dull greenish 

 yellow, with a dusky brown streak on middle of abdomen ; tail above 

 like back for four-fifths its length, beneath dull brownish yellow, 

 apical portion brownish black. 



Measurements. Total length, 815-990; tail vertebrae, 425-505; 

 hind foot, 75-93; ear, 36-42. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 92; basal 



