Sunth-Aiiifiicnu Muminals. 23.3 



3. Skull comparatively Hat ami low. (Joluur fulvous. 

 n: alleni. 



Halt. Venezuela to Poiu, the most soutliern locality being 

 Cliaiichamayo. 



The diffl'ieiices in tlio shape, of m' and of the mandiijiilar 

 coronoitl process, originally used by myself in describing 

 B. alleni, prove to be too variable to be of much service. 



Bassaricyon inedt'us, sp, n. 



Genoral colonr fulvous, varyini^ from a dull fulvous quite 

 like that of B. alleni to a more tawny fulvous like that of 

 liuel's figure. Under surface buff. Face, as usual, greyer, 

 the contrast not sharjily defined. Ears more or less grizzled 

 with blackish. Tail long, well haired, with a suppressed 

 indication of brown and fulvous annulation running through- 

 out its length, as is the case in the other men)bers of the 

 genus; Ron)e hairs at its extreme tip white. 



K^kuU distinctly of the more rounded typo observable in 

 the Chiriqui specimens of B. gahbt\ but not quite so strongly 

 marked, rather smaller and less powerfully marked than in 

 that animal. Frontal outline convex; brain-case swollen, 

 interorbital space slightly convex, not fiittened; muzzle 

 smaller and lighter than in B. ffahbi. Teeth in general 

 chaiacters like those of B. gabbi, but the molars rather 

 smaller. Throughout the genus, however, ti»e shape of tlie 

 teeth proves to be rather variable and of less use as a cha- 

 racter than has been supposed. One example even has a 

 triangular in^ on one side and a subquadrangular one on the 

 other. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Hei:d and body 352 mm. ; tail 435 ; hind foot 72 ; ear 34. 



Skull : greatest length 81 ; condylo-basal length 75 ; 

 zygomatic breadth 51 ; interorbital breadth 16*8 ; breadth of 

 brain-case 35; palatal length 42 '5 ; combined length of 

 upper molars 13*2 ; front of canine to back of in^ 28*3. 



Ildb. Jimenez, mountains inland of Choc6, \W Colombia. 

 Alt. 2400'. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. '.). 7. 17. 10. Original 

 number 5J. Ctllected 16th April, 1907, by .M. G. Palmer. 

 Three specimens. 



The considerable difTerencc in colour inter se among these 

 three specimens from Jimenez and again between the two 

 that we have from Chiri(jui shows that slight diflferencea 

 in col«)rHti()n e.tnnot be niadi- the ba?iis of specific distinctipu 

 in this ueuus. 



