526 GRISON. 
Type locality. Hacienda Tortugas, Jalapa, State of Vera Cruz, 
Mexico. Altitude, 600 feet. 
Geogr. Distr. State of Vera Cruz, southeastern Mexico? Known 
only from type locality. 
Genl. Char. Size rather large. 
Color. Head and neck grayish white; remainder of body black; 
white spot on breast; tail colored like body. 
Measurements. Skull: basal length, 109; greatest breadth, 76. 
B. Galictis. 
501. allamandi (Galictis), Bell, Proc. Zoél. Soc., 1837, p. 47. Id. 
Trans. Zool. Sec., 11,1837, p. 264, pl. XxXxvVil. 
ALLAMAND’S GRISON. 
Type locality. Unknown. 
Color. ‘‘The base of the hairs on the back therefore is black, 
and the tips quite white, forming a pure blackish gray or black with 
white points and lines; whilst all the under parts of the throat and 
front of the belly are black. The fascia extending from the forehead 
back to the sides of the neck is also white. This fascia does not 
extend in the specimen described as in the former species. (G. vit- 
tata.) The hairs of the whole body are very short in comparison 
and much stiffer and more closely set. The animal is considerably 
larger (than G. vittata), and the tail for a stuffed specimen shorter in 
proportion.” (Bell, 1. c.) 
Measurements. None given. 
502. canaster (Galictis), Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xtv, 1901, 
py 120; 
NELSON’s GRISON. 
Type locality. Tunkas, State of Yucatan, Mexico. 
Geogr. Distr. From Orizaba, State of Puebla, to State of Yucatan. 
Genl. Char. Body long, weasel-like; legs short; head broad; ears 
short, rounded; tail short. 
Color. Face, feet, legs, and entire under parts black; pure white 
stripe across forehead extending over eyes and across cheeks and ears 
nearly to shoulders; rest of head grading from pure white into the 
smoky gray that covers entire upper parts; long hairs of upper parts 
have a broad subterminal black band and white tip; tail probably 
like the back, but in the present specimen the dark hairs seem to 
have been worn away or shed, for only about an inch of their base is 
like the back, remaining portion being a uniform dark gray. 
Measurements. Total length, 720; tail to end of hairs, 170; hind 
foot, so (dried skin). Skull: occipital region lacking; greatest 
