298 MAMMALIA. 



The Sea Otter. 



Distribution. — Shores of North Pacific, north of 50°, extending 

 on the American side as far as Lower California. 



a. Skeleton N. E. coast, Siberia New York Mus. 



b. Skeleton New York Mus. 



Genus PROCYON. 



Procyon, Storr Prodr. Method. Mafnm., p. 35 (1780)*. 



Procyon lotor. 



Ursus lotor, LinncBiis Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 70 (1766). 

 Procyon lotor, Storr Prodr. Method. Mavim., p. 35 (1780)* ; Blyth Cat. no. 

 220, p. 74 ; Gray Cat. Cam. Mamm., p. 242 ; Allen Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., 



", P-32S- 

 Meles lotor, Boddaert Elench. Anim., i, p. 80 (1784)*. 

 Lotor vulgaris, Ttedeinann Zool., i, p. 380 (1808). 

 Procyon hernandezii, Wagler his, p. 514 (1831). 

 Procyon brachyurus, Weigman Archiv f. Nat., iii, p. 369 (1837). 

 Procyon obscurus, Weigman Archiv f. Nat., iii, p. 370 (1837). 

 Procyon nivea, Gray Charlesw. Mag. N. H., i, p. 580 (1837). 

 Procyon psora, Gray Ann. Mag. N. H., x, p. 261 (1842). 

 Procyon gularis, H. Smith Jard. Nat. Libr., xiiJ, p. 222 (1842). 



The Racoon. 



Distribution. — North America from Alaska southward to Costa 

 Rica in Central America. 



a. Skin juv, Bruce Co., Ont., Canada j. H. Gamier [Ex.], 



b. Skin Texas, U.S.A. J. H. Garnier [Ex.]. 



c. Skin Ontario J. H. Garnier [Ex.]. 



d. Skin, ^ Purchased. 



skelet. 



e. Skin, ^ W. Rutledge. 



skelet. 



/. Skin, $ Purchased. 



skelet. 



g. Stuffed $ America No history, 1872. 



k. Skull North America A. D. Bartlett, 1849, A.S.B. 



/.Skull Rev. F. Fitzgerald, 1853, 



A.S.B. 



Genus NASUA. 



Nasua, Storr Prodr. Method. Mamm., p. 35 (1780)*. 

 Caoti, Lacepede Mem. hist. Paris, iii, p. 492 (1801). 



Nasua rufa. 



Viverra nasua, Linncsus Syst. Nat., 12th ed, i., p. 64 (1766). 

 Viverra vulpecula, Erxleben Syst. Reg, Anim., p. 490 (1777). 

 Viverra quasje, Gmelin Syst, Nat, p. S7 (1788). 



