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inhabits the interior of Brazil. I deem it probable that the assigned 

 locality of the latter is erroneous, and that his specimens really came 

 from Mexico or Central A merica. 



My own material indicates that the range of this species extends from 

 the Isthmus of Panama northward throughout Central America and the 

 greater part of Mexico, as far northward on the eastern coast as the 

 Texas side of the Lower Uio Grande, and on the western coast probably 

 northward nearly to California. I have specimens, however, from that 

 coast only from as far north as Colima and Mazatlan. 



Xasua narica appears hence to prevail from the Isthmus of Panama 

 northward throughout Central America and the warmer parts of Mexico, 

 where it also seems to be the sole representative of the genus. 



^ASUA KUFA, Desrnarest. 

 BRAZILIAN COATI. 



Coati, MARCGRAVE, Hist. Nat. Brasil., 1648, 228. 



Coati, VALMOXT DE BOMARRE, Diet. Rais. Univ. d'Hist. Nat., ii, 1775, 596. 



Le Blaireau de Surinam, Meles surinamensis, BRISSON, Reg. Anim., 1756, 255. 



Quasje, SCHREBER, Saugt., iii [1766 ?], 441 (=Meles surinamensis, Brisson). 



Le Coati-M<mdi a queue annelee, BRISSON, Reg. Anim., 1756, 263. 



Coati noirdtre, BUFFON, Hist. Nat., viii, 1760, 358, pi. xlvii. 



Viverra nasua, LINKED Syst. Nat., i, 1766, 64. Based entirely on Marcgrave's "Coati" 

 andBrisson's "Coati-Mondiaqueueaniiele'e." SCHREBER, Siiugth., iii [1776 ?], 

 436, pi. cxviii (fig. from Buffon). ERXLEBEN, Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, 485. 

 ZIMMERMAXX, Geogr. Gesch., ii, 1780, 290. GMELIX, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 86. 

 SHAW, Gen. Zool., i, 1800, 386. F. CUVIER, Diet, des Sci. Nat., ix, 1817, 464. 

 DESMAREST, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., vii, 1817, 219. DESMOULLSTS, Diet. Class. 

 d'Hist, Nat., iv, 1823, 146. 



Ursus nasua, G. CUVIER, Tabl. EMm. d'Hist. Nat., 1798, 113. 



}'i wra vulpecula, ERXLEBEX, Syst. Anim., 1777, 490 (in part, as it includes "Le Blaireau 

 do Surinam, Meles surinamensis," Brisson; not Viverra vulpecula, Schreber, 

 which is primarily Buffon's "Le Coase^Mustela pennanti). 



Viverra quasje, GMELIN, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 87 (in part). 



Nasua quasje, DESMAREST, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., vii, 1817, 217 (certainly in part, as 

 it includes Buffon's "Coati noiratre"). 



Virerra narica, F. CUVIER, Diet. deslSci. Nat., ix, 1817, 464 (not of Linne"). DESMOU- 

 LINS, Diet. Class, des Sci. Nat., iv, 1823, 246 (mainly). 



Nasua narica, GRAY, Cat. Mam. Brit. Mus., 1843, 74 (in part); Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 1864, 702 (in part only) ; Cat. Cam., Pachy., and Edent. Mam. Brit. Mus., 1869, 

 239 (excluding part of the synonyms). Not Viverra narica, Linne". 



Quacln, VALMOXT DE BOMARRE, Diet. Rais. Univ. d'Hist. Nat., iv, 1775, 577. 



Coati roux, F. CUVIER, Hist. Nat. des Mam., livr. i, 1818. 



Nasua rufa, DESMAREST, Mam., 1820, 170 (based on the "Quachi" of Bomarre and 

 " Couti roux " of F. Cuvier as above, but mainly on the latter). LESSOX, 

 Man. de Mam., 1827, 139. GRAY, Cat. Mam, Brit. Mus., 1843, 74 (in part 

 only); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 701 (in part only); Cat. Cam., Pachy., 

 and Edent. Mam. Brit. Mus., 1869, 239. 



lT<Wtta/twea,DfesMARBfiT, Mam., 1820, 170. LESSOX, Man. deMam., 1827, 139 (mainly). 

 SCHOMBURGK, Ann. Nat. Hist., iv, 1839, 431 (habits). 



fTamanclua, BUFFON, Hist. Nat., Suppl., iii, 1776, 284, pi. Ivi (based on a Coati said by 

 Cuvier to have been artificially colored). 



