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teeth, except first premolars, larger and more massive, with broader, 

 more rounded and bluntly pointed cusps; connecting ridges between 

 principal cusps lower, less trenchant. 



Remarks. — The subgenus Euprocyon overlaps the range of the 

 subgenus Procyon in Panama, but the two differ so conspicuously 

 in appearance that no very close comparison is necessary. 



PROCYON CANCRIVORUS (G. Cuvier) 



Ursus cancrivorus G. Cuvier, Tabl. Elem. de I'Hist. Nat. des Animavix, 1798, 



p. 113. Type from Cayenne, French Guiana. 

 Procyon cancrivorus Desmarest, Diet. Hist. Nat. 29: 93, 1819. 



Distribution. — (See under subgenus Euprocyon.) 



General characters. — (See subgeneric characters under subgenus 

 Euprocyon.) 



Color. — General dorsal area varying from ashy gray to ochraceous, 

 more or less heavily overlaid with black; ears, supraorbital streaks, 

 and sides of muzzle whitish; black mask, usual in the group, extending 

 across face to cheeks, including orbits, and the median line from fore- 

 head to nose; under parts varying from pale gray to yellowish or 

 ochraceous; outer surfaces of forearms and thighs usually blackish; 

 feet varying from gray to brown; tail with about seven or eight alter- 

 nating black and gray or yellowish rings and a black tip. 



Crariial characters. — (See subgeneric characters under subgenus 

 Euprocyon.) 



Remarks. — Few specimens of Procyon cancrivorus have been avail- 

 able for study, but general comparisons indicate that the species has 



Figure 2. — Distribution of Procyon cancrivorus pananiensis (subgenus 



Euprocyon). 



