270 VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



tip of tail black; under parts whitish; length 1,000 mm.; tail 300 mm.; 

 hind foot 125 mm.: northern America south of southern New York 

 and central Xew England, from the Atlantic to southern California. 



Subspecies of U. cinereoargenteus 



U. c. cinereoargenteus (Schreber). Eastern States; southward to 

 Georgia; westward to the Mississippi Valley and Lake Michigan. 



U. c. horealis Merriam. Size larger; fourth lower premolar very 

 large: southern New Hampshire. 



U. c. floridanus Rhoads. Size small; fur coarse; no white beneath: 

 Florida and southern Georgia. 



U. c. ocythous Bangs. Size large; tail long; color with more yellow: 

 upper Mississippi Valley north of Tennessee; westward to the plains. 



U. c. scotti Mearns. Tail and ears very long; color pale: Texas to 

 southern California. 



U. californicus Mearns. Similar to U. cinereoargenteus, but smaller 

 and paler and with larger ears and a longer tail; length 950 mm.; tail 

 375 mm.; hind foot 120 mm.: southern California to Washington. 



Subspecies of U. californicus 



U. c. californicus Mearns. Southern California. 



U. c. sequoiensis Dixon. Length 975 mm.; tail 400 mm.; hind foot 

 135 mm.: central California. 



U. c. townsendi Merr. Tawny tints darker; ears smaller; length 

 1,100 mm.: northern California. 



U. clementcB Merr. Length 688 mm.; tail 250 mm.; hind foot 100 

 mm.; under side of thigh and upper side of hind foot whitish: San 

 Clemente Island, California. 



U. catalince Merr. Length 795 mm.; tail 298 mm.; hind foot 112 

 mm.; white on under side of thigh greatly restricted: Catalina Island, 

 California. 



U. littoralis (Baird). Length 708 mm.; tail 260 mm.; hind foot 109 

 mm. : San Miguel and Santa Cruz Islands, California. 



Family 3. Procyonidse. — Raccoons. Body of small or medium size, 

 stout and bear-like; feet plantigrade; claws not retractile; toes 5-5; 

 tail well developed; teeth 3/3, i/i, 4/ A, 2/2: i genus in the United 

 States. 



Procyon Storr. Body stout; head rather short; snout pointed; 

 tail bushy and ringed with black and white; fur thick and heavy: 8 

 species, ranging from northern South America to Canada; 3 species in 

 the United States. 



