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Family PROCYONID^. 

 Genus BASSARISCUS Coues. 



1886. ? Wagneria Jentink, Notes from the Leyden Museum, vol. 

 8, p. 129. Type, Bassaris sumichrasti Saussure? (See 

 Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 11, pp. 380-381, 

 April, 1903.) 



1887. Bassariscus Coues, Science, vol. 9, p. 516. May 27, 1887. 

 Type, Bassaris astuta Lichtenstein. 



*Bassariscus albipes Elliot. 



1903. Bassariscus alhipes Elliot, Field Columbf Mus., publ. 87, 



zool. ser., vol. 3, p. 258. December, 1903. 

 Type Locality. — Near Vera Cruz, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 

 *Bassariscus astutus astutus (Lichtenstein). 



1831. Bassaris astuta Lichtenstein, Isis, vol. 24, p. 513. 



1885. Bassaris astuta True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (1884), 



p. 608. 1885. 

 1887. Bassariscus astutus Coues, Science, vol. 9, p. 516. May 



27, 1887. 

 Type Locality. — Southern Mexico. 

 *Bassariscus astutus fiavus Rhoads. 



1894. Bassariscus astutus fiavus Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Philadelphia, 1893, p. 417. January 30, 1894. 

 Type Locality. — Texas, exact locahty unknown. 

 t*Bassariscus astutus insulicola Nelson and Goldman. 



1909. Bassariscus astutus insulicola Nelson and Goldman, 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 22, p. 26. March 10, 1909. 

 Type Locality. — San Jose Island, Lower Cahfornia, Mexico. 

 *Bassariscus astutus oregonus (Rhoads). 



1894. Bassariscus fiavus oregonus Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Philadelphia, 1893, p. 416. January 30, 1894. 

 Type Locality. — Grant's Pass, Josephine County, Oregon. 



According to Merriam (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 11, pp. 186-187, 

 July 1, 1897) this should stand as Bassariscus raptor. (-fBassaris raptor 

 Baird, Mamm. Mexican boundary, p. 19, 1859. Type caught in the city of 

 Washington, District of Columbia, where it had escaped from captivity.) 



t*Bassariscus astutus palmarius Nelson and Goldman. 



1909. Bassariscus astutus palmarius Nelson and Goldman, 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 22, p. 26. March 10, 1909. 

 Type Locality. — Comondu, Lower Cahfornia, Mexico. 

 t*Bassariscus saxicola Merriam. 



1897. Bassariscus saxicola Mekriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, vol. 11, p. 185. July 1, 1897. 

 Type Locality. — Espiritu Santo Island, Lower California, 

 Mexico. 



