484 BASSARISCUS. 
Head short, muzzle pointed, ears large; body slender, elongate; 
pads naked, soles hairy; tail long as body, annulate. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
A. Size large. 
a. Upper parts yellowish brown and gray; be- PAGE 
MOSUL WW MUGS a. ccc: Sehiarusiigues 4 apa antere ee tie mes pitas aie eee B.astutus 484 
b,, Upper parts blackish tawny...) yan0 es \ seme B. a. flavus 485 
c. Upper parts mixed dark brown and black; 
beneath bully ochraceous; y-<05% mums ere nae B. saxicola 485 
d. Upper parts smoky gray, lined with black; 
LEGG HAW (STAY. «son fawucne vate ae antares eeet ane B. s. notinus 485 
e. Upper parts dark gray, hairs tipped with 
black eet. whitish: 4°05 Sec sacd seh een sednne canes B. albipes 486 
B. Size small; above mixed black and golden 
brown; beneath yellowish white............, B. annulatus 487 
Fig. LXVI. BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS. COMMON RACCOON-FOX. 
479. astutus (Bassaris), Licht., Wagler, Isis, 1831, p. 513. Elliot, 
Syn. N. Am. Mamm., rgor, p. 316. 
Common Raccoon-rox. Cacamistl in Mexico. Cat Squirrel in Texas. 
