BASSARISCUS. PROCYON. 317 



Color. Above blackish tawny, darkest on median line; sides 

 yellowisli; beneath tawny, lightest on throat and neck. Tawny spots 

 above and below eyes, and at ear. 



Measurements. Total length, 680-800; tail, 304-380; hind foot, 

 55-60. Skull: total length, 80; greatest breadth, 50; interorbital 

 constriction, ao; tip to tip of postorbital process, 30. 



c.—ore^oniLS. (Bassariseus), Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 

 1893, p. 416. 



Type locality. Rogue River? Oregon. 



Color. Above, " dorsal region intense black, quite obscuring 

 the brownish gray ground color. Below it is strongly brownish yel- 

 low, deepest on the throat and chin." (Rhoads, 1. c.) 



75. Prooyoii. 



I.fc^; c. i=i; P. i=i; M. ?=? = 40. 

 i—y I— i' 4—4' 2—2 ^ 



Procyon. Storr, Prod. Meth. Mamm., 1780, p. 35. Type Urstis 

 lotor, Linn. 

 Body stout; tail moderately long, semi-bushy, annulated; ears 

 short, hairy; soles naked; muzzle acuminate. 



477. lotor. (L^rsus), Linn., Syst. Nat., 1758, i, p. 48. 



Tyf-e locality. Atlantic States? 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern America from Canada to western Georgia, 

 and west to the Rocky Mountains north of Texas. 



Genl. Char. Feet plantigrade. Tail, moderate in length, cylin- 

 drical, bushy, not tapering; rest of characters same as the generic. 

 Hind feet not exceeding four inches. 



Color. Grayish white, tips of long hairs black. Black patch 

 on cheek, paler one beneath the jaw, and one behind ear. Muzzle 

 and back of cheek patch white. Tail bluish with black and white 

 rings. 



Measurements. Total length, about 775; tail, 262; hind leg, 105; 

 ear, 50. Measurements vary greatly among individuals. 



a-~hernandezi. (Frocron), Wagl., Isis, 1831, p. 5x4. 

 psora, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1842, i, p. 580. 



nivca. Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1837, p. 261. 



Type locality. Mexico? 



Geogr. Distr. In the United States, from Texas to the Pacific, 

 and north to Puget Sound. 



Genl. Char. Size large, tail tapering, and the black rings only 

 half as wide as the rusty whitish interspace. Hind feet exceeding 

 four inches, above dark brown. 



