624 GRISON, 
The Grisons, as the animals of the genus Grison are called, are 
plantigrade, with a weasel-like body, short legs, and a long tail. 
They live in the hollows of trees, or cavities in rocks, or holes in the 
earth; in fact, in any kind of place that will afford them a refuge and 
shelter, and often keep in the neighborhood of houses or farm build- 
ings. In general appearance they are not unlike the Marten. 
100. Grison. The Grisons. 
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Grison Oken, Lehrb. der Zodl., 11, 1816, p. tooo. Type Viverra 
vittata Schreber. 
Tayra Oken, Lehrb. der Zodl., 11, 1816, p. roor. 
Laira F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., v, 1826, livr. xLv. 
Galictis Bell Zo6él. Journ., 11, 1826, p. 551. 
Galidictis I. Geoff., Mag. Zoél., Mamm., 1839, p. 32. 
Galera Browne, Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica, 2d ed., 1789, p. 485, 
Tab. 49, fig. 1. Gray, List. Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, 
p. 67. 
Grisonta Gray, Ann. Phil., xxvi, 1825, p. 339. Jd. Proc. Zodl. 
Soc., 1865, p. 122. 
Nose short, grooved; body long, limbs short; claws short, curved, 
acute, non-retractile; soles naked; head broad; tail moderately long, 
covered with long hairs; thumb with long claw. Inner tubercle of 
upper carnassial near the middle of the inner border; talon and 
inner cusp of lower carnassial small, sometimes absent. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES. 
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A‘. Head and neck hrowns < ovo Oak ee ee G. b. biologie 524 
BeHead and neck grayish white... .....6..... 5.44. G. b, senex 525 
C. Face black; whites stripe from forehead to 
sides of neck. 
a. Base of long hairs on back black........... G. allamandi 526 
b. Base of long hairs on back gray.............. G. canaster 526 
A. Tayra. 
barbara biologie (Galtctts), Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th 
Ser., V, 1900, p. 146. 
CALOVEVORA GrRison. Chulomuco, Tulomuco in Costa Rica. 
Type locality. Calovevora, Veragua, Panama. 
Geogr. Distr. Central America generally. 
Genl. Char. Similar to G. barbara, but head darker. 
