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PROCYONIl)^. 



Tail slender, eight- or nine-ringed. Forehead of skull flat, in a line ivith 

 the nose ; brain-case swollen ; palate only shortly produced, and broad 

 behind: grinders large. Euprocyon. — Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 705. 



2. Procyon cancrivora. 



B.M. 



Tail reddish, with eight or nine black rings. Fur ashy, blackish- 

 washed ; feet brownish, beneath whitish ; face Avith a large black 

 patch, extended on to the cheeks ; and one side of the limbs black. 



Ursus cancrivorus, Cuv. Tabl. Elhn. p. 118, 1798. 



Procyon cancrivorus, llliger, Prod. ; Fischer, Syn. Mamm. ; Gray, 



Cat. Mu7nm. B. M. p. 74 ; De Blainv. Osteogr. Subiu-si, t. 5 (skull) ; 



P. Z. S. 1859, p. 432. 

 Eaton crabier, £iifo7i, H. N. Siippl. vi. p. 236, t. 32. 



Hob. South America ; Demerara (Mus. Z. S.) ; Paraguay ; Brazil. 



Skull Avith one very large suborbital foramen. The palate con- 

 cave. The grinders are longer, and occupy a longer line than they 

 do in P. lotor and its varieties. 



Section II. CAT-FOOTED BEARS {DENDROPODA). 



The feet moderate ; toes short, webbed, covered with hair, arched ; 

 last joint bent up ; claws compressed, short, acute, retractile. Head 

 rounder. 



Dendi-opoda, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, pp. 506, 706. 



These animals climb trees, and defend themselves witli their four 

 feet. Iving on their backs. 



