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fornia west of longitude of Mount Shasta south to Ventura County and on western 

 flank of Sierra Nevada from Tehama County south at least to Tulare County 

 (Grinnell, Univ. California Publ. Zool., vol. 40, No. 2, p. 99, Sept. 26, 1933; 

 Grinnell, Dixon, and Linsdale, The fur-bearing mammals of California, vol. 1, 

 p. 169, Aug. 10, 1937). 



Bassariscus astutus octavus Hall 



1926. Bassariscus astutus octavus Hall, Univ. California Publ. Zool. vol. 30, 

 No. 3, p. 39, Sept. 8, 1926. 



Type Locality. — San Luis River, near Escondido, San Diego County, Calif. 

 Altitude, 1,700 feet. Range. — Pacific slope of northwestern Baja California and 

 southern California, from Jacumba, near Mexican border, northwest at least to 

 Matilija, Ventura County; vertical range, 750 to 5,000 feet (Grinnell, Univ. 

 California Publ. Zool., vol. 40, No. 2, p. 100, Sept. 26, 1933). 



Bassariscus astutus palmarius Nelson and Goldmanf* 



1909. Bassariscus astutus palmarius Nelson and Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. 



Washington, vol. 22, p. 26, Mar. 10, 1909. 

 Type Locality. — Comondu, Baja California, Mexico. 



Bassariscus astutus saxicola Merriamf * 



1897. Bassariscus saxicola Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 11, 



p. 185, July 1, 1897. 

 1926. Bassariscus astutus saxicola Hall, Univ. California Publ. Zool., vol. 30, 



No. 3, p. 46, Sept. 8, 1926. 

 Type Locality. — Espiritu Santo Island, Gulf of California, Baja California, 

 Mexico. 



Bassariscus astutus insulicola Nelson and Goldmanf* 



1909. Bassariscus astutus insulicola Nelson and Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. 



Washington, vol. 22, p. 26, Mar. 10, 1909. 

 Type Locality. — San Jose Island, Gulf of California, Baja California, Mexico. 



Genus JENTINKIA Trouessart 

 1886. Wagneria Jentink, Notes Ley den Mus., vol. 8, p. 129. (Type, Bassaris 



sumichrasti Saussure. Not of Robineau-Desvoidy 1830, or of Alenitzin 



1873.) 

 1904. Jentinkia Trouessart, Catalogus Mammal ium . . . , Suppl., fasc. 1, 



p. 184. (Substitute for Wagneria Jentink, 1886. For status see Pocock, 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1921, pt. 2, pp. 406, 417, June 8, 1921; and Nelson 



and Goldman, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 22, pp. 484-485, Oct. 19, 



1932.) 

 Jentinkia sumichrasti sumichrasti (Saussure) * 



1860. Bassaris sumichrasti Saussure, Rev. Mag. Zool., Paris, ser. 2, vol. 12, 



p. 7, January 1860. 

 1884. Bassaris sumichrasti True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 ( App., Circ. 29) , 



p. 608, Nov. 29, 1884. 

 " 1921. Jentinkia sumichrasti Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1921, pt. 2, 



p. 392, June 8, 1921. 



