1904.] Allen, Mammals from Santa Marta, Colombia. 455 



"GALICTIS (called soro-huache) . Moderately common 

 below 3000 feet. It is arboreal, but frequently seen on the 

 ground ; its habits seem to be much like those of the kinka- 

 jou. The hunters distinguish two kinds, differing especially 

 in the length of the tail ; whether the difference is due to age 

 or is varietal or specific I cannot venture to decide. Both 

 forms vary greatly in color and markings." H. H. S. 



48. Potos flavus megalotus (Martin). Eleven speci- 

 mens (5 males and 6 females, all adult), collected near Bonda, 

 March 24-June 17, and one in July and one in August. (On 

 the name megalotus see this Bulletin, XX, 1904, pp. 72-74.) 



These specimens have the dorsal surface bright rusty yellow, the 

 extreme tips of the hairs reddish brown, not black or blackish as in 

 the allied forms ; the dark dorsal streak, which is dark reddish brown, 

 is well denned in three of the specimens, irregular and imperfect in 

 two, and quite obsolete in the remaining two; in several of the brighter 

 specimens the general color above is bright reddish fulvous or 'foxy 

 red,' in others much paler; ventral surface clear pale yellow, varying 

 to golden, especially along the middle of the abdomen; top of the 

 head darker than the back; back of the ears not darker than adjoining 

 pelage; a more or less dusky eyering; upper surface of tail like the 

 back, darkening somewhat towards the tip, the lower surface dull 

 pale yellow. 



One specimen (No. 14855, $ ad.) is strikingly different from the 

 rest, the general coloration, especially of the upper parts, being much 

 paler as regards the fulvous tints, with the hairs tipped with brownish 

 black or dusky, and so extensively as to give a blackish cast to the 

 central part of the dorsal area, from the head to the end of the tail, 

 the well-defined dorsal stripe being continued to the end of the tail. 

 In general effect it is widely different from any other specimen of the 

 series, much more resembling Potos flavus caucensis from the upper 

 Cauca Valley in southwestern Colombia. 



The collector's measurements are as follows: 



$ , total length, 1029; tail vertebrae, 521; hind foot, 114. 



$, " " 1026; " 508; 



$, " " 1003; " 489; 



<$, " " 978; " " 457; " 108. 



?, " 953; 495; i8. 



?, " " 965; 47o; IJ 4- 



?, " " 915; 493; I2. 



?, " " 914; 464; 93- 



?, " 914; 47o; I02 - 



?, " " 895; " 502; 102. 



