CATALOG OF TYPE SPECIMENS OF MAMMALS 39 



f Bassariscus astutus insulicola Nelson and Goldman. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 22 : 26, Mar. 10, 1909. 

 79034. Skin and skull. Adult female. San Jose Island, Lower 

 California, Mexico. August 7, 1895. Collected by J. E. McLellan. 

 Original number 1416, 

 Well-made sliin in good condition; skull Grade A. 



* Bassariscus astutus nevadensis Miller. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 26 : 159, June 30, 1913. 

 174760. Skin and skull. Adult female. Eldorado Canyon, Clark 

 County, Nev. January 8, 1912. Collected by Maximilian Weiss. 

 Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade A. 



f Bassariscus astutus palmarius Nelson and Goldman. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 22 : 26, Mar. 10, 1909. 

 146192. Skin and skull. Adult male. Comondu, altitude 700 feet. 

 Lower California, Mexico. November 8, 1905. Collected by E. W. 

 Nelson and E. A. Goldman. Original number 18500. 

 Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade A. 



*Bassaris raptor Baird. 



Report U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey 2 (pt. 2) : 19, Jan. 1859. 

 =BassariscHS astutus raptor (Baird). See Hall, Univ. California Publ. Zool. 

 30 : 39, Sept. 8, 1926. 



—. Skin, skull, and nearly all the disarticulated skeleton (except 



the leg bones that are usually left in the skin). Killed in a hen 

 roost near Washington, D. C, April 23, 1852. It was supposed 

 to have been brought from California and kept in captivity, 

 whence it escaped. A collar mark shows plainly around the neck. 



Specimen has been made into a modern study skin and is in fair con- 

 dition, although the hair has a dirty yellow color, looking as if the skiu 

 had once been preserved in alcohol. The skull is in fair condition. It is 

 somewhat cracked posteriorly, the left jugal is lacking, and the following 

 teeth are missing: Third left upper premolar, all the lower incisors, last 

 right lower molar. All parts of the skeleton are apparently present except 

 the distal bones of the limbs (these apparently inside of the skiu). 



The collar mark and the original label leave no doubt that this is the 

 specimen Baird had in hand. 



Hall (1926) designates "by restriction" Glenn Ellen, Sonoma County. 

 Calif., as the type locality, 



t Bassariscus saxicola Merriam. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 11 : 185, July 1. 1897. 

 79031. Skin and skull. Adult female. Espiritu Santo Island, Gulf 

 of California, Lower California, Mexico. August 19, 1895. 

 Collected by J. E. McLellan. Original number 1438. 

 Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade A. 



