NO. 22 MAMMALS FROM PANAMA AND MEXICO— GOLDMAN 15 



processes stouter, broader and more gradually tapering inward base, 

 not so peg-like as in /'. /. chiriquensis ; dentition about the same. 

 Compared with that of P. f. meridensis the skull has similarly broad 

 postorbital processes and narrow interorbital space, but the molars 

 are decidedly heavier. 



Measurements. — Type: Total length. 910 millimeters; tail verte- 

 bras 455: hind foot, 93. An adult female topotype: 885; 448; 91. 

 Skull (type) : Greatest length, 89.7; condylobasal length, 83; zygo- 

 matic breadth, 57; interorbital breadth, 18.2; palatal length, 36.5; 

 upper molariform toothrow, 19; alveolar length of first upper 

 molar, 4.2. 



Remarks. — The specimens from Mount Pirri and Cana vary con- 

 siderably in intensity of color as usual in the group, but are exter- 

 nally distinguishable from P. f. chiriquensis by the distinct black 

 median dorsal stripe. They apparently represent a race combining 

 the general color pattern of some South American forms with 

 the heavier dentition of Middle American forms. 



Specimens examined. — Total number, 8, all from the mountains 

 of Eastern Panama as follows: Mount Pirri (type locality), 2; 

 Cana, 6. 



EUPROCYON CANCRIVORUS PANAMENSIS, new subspecies 



Type from Gatun, Canal Zone, Panama. No. 171669, female 

 adult, U. S. National Museum (Biological Survey Collection), col- 

 lected by E. A. Goldman, June 21, 1911. Original number 21 174. 



General characters. — Similar in size to E. cancrivonts proteus, but 

 general color less tawny; skull with very long palate and anteriorly 

 broad nasals. Differing from E. cancrivorus cancrivorus in darker 

 general color, the upper parts being blacker, and under parts and 

 sides more ochraceous huffy or yellowish ; black facial area more 

 extended posteriorly across cheeks. 



Color. — Ground color over dorsum varying from ashy gray to 

 ochraceous buffy or yellowish ochraceous, heavily overlaid with 

 black; top of head grizzled black and gray, the black predominating; 

 sides of muzzle and rather restricted supraorbital streaks white or 

 grayish white; facial area, including orbits, interorbital space and 

 lower part of cheeks nearly clear black; under parts, including base 

 of tail, varying from pale ochraceous buff to yellowish ochraceous, 

 becoming more or less grayish white on throat, chin and lips; cars 

 well clothed with whitish or yellowish hairs, darkening gradually 

 on upper base by encroachment of body color; outer sides of hind 



