CONTENTS 



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Introduction 1 



History 2 



Habits 5 



Food and general activities 7 



Senses and instincts 9 



Breeding 13 



Hibernation 14 



Economic status 14 



General characters 17 



Pelage and molt 19 



Variation 20 



Geographic variation 20 



Individual variation 20 



Explanations 23 



Measurements 23 



Colors 23 



Specimens examined 23 



Use of key to species and subspecies 24 



Genus Procyon Storr 25 



Key to subgenera 27 



List of North American species and subspecies, with type localities.. 27 



Subgeims Procyon Storr . 28 



Key to species and subspecies of the subgenus Procyon 29 



Subgenus Euprocyon Gray 80 



Appendix 84 



Bibliography 87 



Index 151 



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