136 POTOS. CONEPATUS. 



83.8; intertemporal width, 25.7; length of nasals, 32; palatal length, 

 75.8; length of upper molar series, 40.3; length of mandible, 32.3; 

 length of lower molar series, 47.1. Ex type in United States. National 

 Museum. 



Genus Potos (122). 



Potos flavus isthmicus Goldman. 



Potos flavus isthmicus Goldm., Smith Misc. Coll., LX, 1913, No. 22, 

 p. 14. 



Type locality. Near head of Rio Limon, Mount Pirri, eastern 

 Panama. Altitude 5200 feet. 



Genl. Char. Similar to P. f. chiriquensis, but dorsal stripe black and 

 distinct; intertemporal region of skull narrower; dentition heavy. 



Color. Entire upperparts yellowish tawny, hairs tipped with 

 black; median stripe from near shoulders to root of tail black; under- 

 parts brownish yellow, with rusty brown spots on throat and abdomen; 

 tail above like back, darkest at the tip, beneath paler; muzzle, ears 

 and toes blackish. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 910; tail, 455; hind foot, 93. 

 Skull: Occipito-nasal length, 89.7; Hensel, 74; intertemporal width, 

 18.2; zygomatic width, 57; palatal length, 34.8; length of nasals, 

 17.5; length of upper molar series, 19; length of mandible, . 51.8; 

 length of lower molar series, 22.9. Ex type in United States National 

 Museum. 



Family Mustelidse. 



Subfamily Melin. 

 Genus Conepatus (125). 



Conepatus nicaraguae Allen. 



Conepatus nicaragua Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXVIII, 

 1910, p. 106. 



Type locality. San Rafael del Norte, Nicaragua. 



Color. Middle of crown, occiput and back to root of tail white, 

 rest of pelage on body and limbs black; tail entirely white except 

 at base, beneath which is black. Ex type in American Museum of 

 Natural History. 



Measurements. Total length, 690; tail, 270; hind foot, 80. 

 Skull: Total length, 79; zygomatic width, 47; intertemporal width, 



