398 BASSARISCUS. 



Geogr. Distr. California through Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas; 

 southern Mexico. 



((. Bassfi/iscus ((stiitris Ttipto/- (Baird). 



Bassaris raptor Baird, Rep. U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv., Mamm., 



II, 1850, p. 19. 

 Bassariscus fiavus oregonus Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 



1893, p. 416. 

 Bass arts cus astutus raptor Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., !F. C. M. 



Pub., II, 1901, p. 316, pi. XXXV. Zool. Ser. 

 Bassarisais astutus oregonus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



Pub., II, 1901, p. 317. Zool. Ser. 

 Robber Raccoon-fox. 



Type locality. California? 



Geogr. Distr. California and Oregon. 



b. BfisHfiriscus astutus flams Rhoads. 



Bassariscus astutus fiavus Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 

 1893, p. 417. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1 90 1, p. 316. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. 11, 1904, p. 485. Zool. Ser. 

 Tawny Raccoon-fox. 

 Type locality. Texas. 

 Geogr. Distr. Texas south into northern Mexico. 



971. Bassariscus saxicola Merriam. 



Bassariscus saxicola Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, 1897, p. 

 185. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 485. Zool. Ser. 

 EspiRiTu Santo Raccoon-fox. 



Type locality. Espiritu Santo Island, Lower California, Mexico. 

 Geogr. Distr. Known onl}' from the type locality. 



972. Bassariscus * sumichrasti (Saussure). 



Bassaris sumichrasti Sauss., Rev. Mag. Zool., ame S^r., xii, i860, 



p. 7, pi. I. 

 Bassaris variabilis Peters, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl., 



1874, p. 704, pis. I, II. 

 Bassaris monticola Cordero, La Natural., iii, 1875, p. 270, pi. — . 



*In the Mammals of Middle America and the West Indies, Pt. 11, p. 487, 

 Bassaris siimichrasti was given as a sj'nonym of annidatus Wagner. On 

 further investigation I am inclined to ado])t Mr. Thomas' view, Am. Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., 7th Ser., xi, 1903, p. 380, that Wagner's type was too young to 

 detinitely determine whether or not it was the same as Saussure 's species, 

 and therefore B. sumichrasti would assume its specitic rank and the synonyms 

 placed under anniilatns must be restored to it. A description of B. sumi- 

 chrasti is, therefore, here gi\'cn. 



