418 GALERA. 



Genus 128. Galera. The Grisons. 



Galera Browne, Civil & Naval Hist. Jamaica, 2d Ser., 1789, p. 485, 

 Tab. 49, fig. I. Type Mustela barbara Linnaeus. 

 *Grison Oken, Lehrb. der Naturgesch., Zool., 11, 1816, pp. xi, 1000. 

 Tayra Oken, Lehrb. der Naturgesch., Zool., 11, 1816, p. looi. 

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

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

 Galictis Bell, Zool. Joum., 11, 1826, p. 551. 

 Galidictis 1. Geoff., Mag. Zool., Mamm., 1839, p. 32. 



Subgenus A. Tayra. 



Galera barhara hiologice (Thomas). 



Galictis barbara biologies Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th Ser., 



v, 1900, p. 146. 

 Grison barbara biologi<B Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. II, 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. 



Galera barbara senex (Thomas). 



Galictis barbara senex Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th Ser., v, 



1900, p. 146. 

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

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. II, 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. 



Subgenus B. Galictis. 



1016. Galera allamandi (Bell). 



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

 Grison allamandi Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 526. Zool. Ser. 



♦In the Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, Grison was employed as the 

 generic term for the allied forms of Mustela barbara Linn., but this appears 

 to be an error, as Galera (1. c.) Brown, clearly antedates Grtson Oken, and 

 should be the term employed. The fact that Galera has been used in various 

 ways by authors, and some confusion has been thereby created, in no way 

 invalidates its claim to take precedence over all other names proposed for this 

 genus of mammals. 



