MAP 54— RANGE OF THE RACCOONS FOUND IN NORTH AMERICA. 



This map is founded chiefly on papers by Messrs. D. G. Elliot, V. Bailey, R, MacFarlane, W. H. Osgood, C. Hart Merriam, John Richardson, 

 R. Kennicott, L. Adams, J. Rowley, J. A. Allen. G. S. Miller, S. F. liaird, E. A. Meams, and E. T. Seton. . . 



In its north, south, and cast, its lines are tolerably accurate, but in all the Rocky Mountain, Pacific Coast, and Mexican regions, must tie 

 modified by future work. 



Four species of Raccoon are recognized: 



Procyon lolor (Linnaeus'), with its 6 races, Proctjon maynardi Bangs, 



Procyon psora Gray, with its 2 races, Procyon pygmaeus Mernam. 



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