456 FELIS. 
median length of nasals, 37.5—43; palatal length, 67—81.5; length of 
upper canine anteriorly, 25-31; length of upper carnassial, alveolar 
border, 18.5—21; length of upper molar series, alveolar border, 33.5—37; 
length of lower canine anteriorly, 22-27; alveolar length of lower 
carnassial, 12.5-13; alveolar length of lower molar series, 40-43; 
length of mandible, angle to symphysis, 121-134; height at coronoid 
process, 57-66. 
*bangsi costaricensis (Felis), Merr., Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Wash., 
LOOT, Pp. 500; 
CENTRAL AMERICAN PuMA. 
Type locality. Boquete, Chiriqui, Panama. 
Geogr. Distr. Unknown. 
Genl. Char. Belly red like the sides. 
Color. ‘‘Similar to F. bangsi of South America (ferrugineous), but 
darker and redder, particularly on the belly, which is red like the 
sides, with only an indistinct narrow whitish line down the middle, 
barely connecting the whitish pectoral and inguinal areas; fur 
between foot pads black.”’ 
Measurements. Total length, 1680; tail vertebre, 680; hind foot, 
p20 ear. aoe (Mer lic) 
C. Lynx. 
Tail short, less than half the length of body without head; anterior 
premolar wanting. 
eb YOM ES SEE Cie S VAN DESUB SPE Gis: 
A. Tail less than half the length of body. 
a. Fur spotted in adults and young. PAGE 
a, Above pale TULOUS ele: ear tire we men F.r. escuinape 456 
b.” Above chestnut brown;: variable): >... For exensts se 
c.’ Above grizzled pale yellowish brown...... F.r. eremica 458 
d.’ Above reddish brown, gray, and black.F. 1. californica 458 
e’ Above gray, suffused with buii.:.:../s.2: F. r. baileyt 459 
t.’ Above pale rufousieray ye cey sa sie F.. peninsularts 460 
rufa escuinape (Lynx), Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1903, 
nO: 
EscuInaPA Lynx. 
Type locality. Escuinapa, State of Sinaloa, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Similar to F.r. californica and F.r. texensis, but 
smaller, more spotted, and streaked with black, and without black 
soles. 
*This should be compared with the Mexican Puma, as the under parts 
often have a red or reddish tinge in these animals irrespective of locality. 
