NASUA. 497 



488. *nasica (Nasua), Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1766, p. 64. 

 COATI. Pisoti, Tejon in Spanish America; the latter name also for 

 Procyon I. hernandezi. 



Type locality. "In America." 



Geogr. Distr. Mexico from northern boundary through Central 

 America. 



Genl. Char. Those of the genus. 



Color. Very variable; usually ranging from reddish brown to 

 chestnut. 



Dark reddish brown, hairs tipped with yellowish white, this last 

 color predominating on shoulders, back, upper part of fore legs, and 

 front edge of hind legs and belly; head pale yellowish brown, becoming 

 pale rufous on occiput and upper part of neck; face rufous brown; 

 white spot beneath eye; nose white, muzzle black; chin, throat, 

 under part of neck and breast yellowish white; tail uniform light 

 reddish brown, darkest at tip; feet blackish chestnut. 



Measurements. Total length, 1225; tail, 575; hind foot, 120. 

 Skull: occipito-nasal length, 123; Hensel, 122; zygomatic width, 82; 

 interorbital width at postorbital processes, 39; median length of 

 nasals, 20; palatal arch to alveoli of incisors, 82; postpalatal length, 

 39; length of upper molar series, 23; length of mandible, 38; height 

 at coronoid process, 26. (Skull dimensions from a specimen from 

 San Felipe de Hijar, State of Jalisco, Mexico, No. 6676, Coll. Am. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y.) 



a. molaris (Nasiid), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, 1902, p. 68. 

 MANZANILLO COATI. 



Type locality. Manzanillo, State of Colima, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. "Similar to N. narica (sic) from eastern Mexico, 

 but gray of face more restricted; tail longer; skull slightly larger; 

 molariform teeth, particularly the upper ones, very much larger and 

 more massive." 



Measurements. "Total length, 1240; tail vertebrae, 680; hind 

 foot, 122." (Merr., 1. c.) 



b. bullata (Nasua), Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1904, p. 48. 

 DARK COATI. 



Type locality. Pozo Azul, Pirris Province, Costa Rica. 



Genl. Char. General color very dark ; bullas greatly inflated ; teeth 

 small. 



Color. Head and dorsal region brownish black, hairs tipped with 

 yellowish; sides dark brown; throat and chest whitish; ventral sur- 



*NASICA long-nose, nee naria narinosa, broad nose. 



