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Bassariscus astutus nevadensis Miller. 



Bassariscus astutus nevadensis Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 

 XXVI, 1913, p. 159. 



Type locality. Eldorado Canyon, Clark County, Nevada. 



Genl. Char. Smaller than B. a. oregonus; skull resembles that of 

 B. a. palmarius but the teeth are larger. 



Color. Head in front of ears gray; upperparts and sides ashy; 

 tips of hairs black, little of the buff color appearing; underparts 

 cream -buff; legs and feet whitish; tail white, with six rings and tip 

 black. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 640; tail, 310; hind foot, 57. 

 Skull: Occipito-nasal length, 68.1; Hensel, 65.2; zygomatic width, 

 43.4; intertemporal width, 15; length of nasals, 26.4; palatal length, 

 32; length of upper molar series, 30.2; length of mandible, 57.4; 

 length of lower molar series, 31.8. Ex type in United States National 

 Museum. 



Genus Bassaricyon (119). 



Bassaricyon richardsoni Allen. 



Bassaricyon richardsoni Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXIV, 

 1908, p. 662. 



Type locality. Rio Grande, Atlantic slope, Nicaragua. 



Color. Top of head grayish brown; hairs black-tipped and form- 

 ing a black spot on crown, extending to ears; general color of upper- 

 parts of body pale fulvous, with black tips to the hairs, intensifying 

 the dorsal line from the head to root of tail; flanks pale rufous, hairs 

 not black- tipped ; outer side of limbs pale rufous; side of nose and chin 

 dusky brown; underparts and inner side of limbs chamois; feet like 

 outer side of limbs; tail pale fulvous with a dark median line formed 

 of black-tipped hairs. Ex type in American Museum of Natural 

 History. 



Measurements. Total length, 950; tail, 480; hind foot, 80 (col- 

 lector). Skull: Total length, 81.8; occipito-nasal length, 77; Hensel, 

 72; zygomatic width, 53; intertemporal width, 17; length of nasals, 

 15; palatal length, 45; length of upper molar series, 22.2; length of 

 mandible, 58.1 ; length of lower molar series, 24.9. Ex type in Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History. 



Bassaricyon gabbi orinomus Goldman. 



Bassaricyon gabbi orinomus Goldm., Smith. Misc. Coll., LX, No. 2, 



1912, p. 16. 

 Type locality. Cana, eastern Panama. Altitude 1800 feet. 



