400 BASSARICYON. PROCYON. 



Genus 119. Bassaricyoii. 



Bassaricyon Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1876, p. 20. Type 

 Bassaricyon gabbii Allen. 



975. Bassaricyon gabbi Allen. 



Bassaricyon gabbii Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1876, p. 

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

 IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 489, fig. 89. Zool. Ser. 

 Gabb's Coon. 



Type locality. Costa Rica. 

 Geogr. Distr. Unknown. 



Genus 120. Procyoii. 



Procyon Storr, Prodr. Meth. Mamm., 1780, p. 35, Tab. A. Type 

 Ursus lotor Linnasus. 

 Euprocyon Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1864, pp. 705-706. 



976. Procyon lotor (Linnaeus). 



Ursus lotor Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 48. 



Procyon lotor Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

 p. 317, fig. 62. Zool. Ser. 

 Common Raccoon. 



Type locality. Eastern United States. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern North America from Canada to western 

 Georgia, and west to the Rocky Mountains north of Texas. 



a. ^Ptocijoii lotor ehicjis Bangs. 



Procyon lotor eliictis Bangs, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1898, p. 

 219. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 

 319. Zool. Ser. 

 Sleepy Raccoon. 



Type locality. Oak Lodge, opposite Micco, Brevard County, 

 Florida. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern Georgia and Florida. 



b. Pi-ocj/on lotor hcriKindezi (Wagler). 



Procyon hernandezii Wagl., Isis, xxiv, 1831, p. 514. 



Procyon nivea Gray, Charlsw. Mag. Nat. Hist., i, 1837, p. 580. 



Procyon psora Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ist Ser., 1842, p. 261. 



*Doubtfu]ly separable from P. lotor. See Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. 

 Mus., Ill, 1 901, p. 31, under P. lotor. 



