new Species of Bassaricyon. 231 
than to any known form. I purpose, therefore, to describe it 
as new, dedicating it to Dr. Beddard, F.R.S., to whom we 
owe all that is known of the internal anatomy of this genus. 
Bassaricyon beddardi, sp. n. 
Bassaricyon alleni, Beddard, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1900, p. 661 (nec Thomas), 
All the information we possess about the colour is Beddard’s 
record that it was darker than that of B. adleni. 
Skull with.muzzle short and low, very much as in B. gabbi. 
The interorbital region not elevated and convex as in that 
species, but with a median depression and otherwise flat, so 
that in profile view the portion of the frontal bones forming 
this region does not project above the upper edge of the orbit 
Fig. 1. 
Lateral view of the skull of Bassaricyon beddardi, nat. size. 
anterior to the postorbital process. Area of the cranium 
behind the postorbital process more elevated than in B. gabli, 
then inclined backwards and slightly downwards, the poste- 
rior third of the upper surface of the brain-case somewhat 
abruptly sloped to the median occipital prominence. The 
zygomatic arch comparatively high, horizontal for some 
distance behind the postorbital angle. Palate broad ; 
transverse width of upper jaw across the outer edge of the 
