404 ' POTOS. TAXIDEA. 



Genus 122. *P<»t(>s. Kiiikajoiis. 



Potos Cuv. & Geoff., Meth. Mamm., in Mag. Encyl., 11, 1795, p. 187. 

 Type Viverra candivolviila Schreber. 

 Cercoleptes IlHg., Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Av., 1811, p. 127. 



Potos flariis aztecus Thomas. 



Potos flavus aztecus Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th Ser., ix, 

 1902, pp. 266, 268, desc. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. 11, 1904, p. 500, figs. {Potos 

 flavus) 92 and lxix. ZdoI. Ser. 

 Aztec Kinkajou. Martica in Mexico; Micoleon in Guatemala. 

 Type locality. Atoyca, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 

 Geogr. Distr. Central America, south to Guatemala. 



Potos ftdi'iiH ('hi vi <in cnsi s Allen. 



Potos flavus chiriquensis Allen, Bull Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 

 1904, p. 72. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 501. Zool. Ser. 

 Chiriqui Kinkajou. 



Type locality. Boqueron, Chiriqui, Panama. 

 Geogr. Distr. Panama. Range unknown. 



Family VI. Mustelidse. Badgers, Weasels, Otters, ete. 



Subfamily I. Melinse. 



Genus 123. Taxidea. Badgers. 



Taxidea Storr, Prodr. Meth. Mamm., 1780, p. 34. Type Ursns taxiis 

 Schreber. 



982. Taxidea taxus (Schreber). 



Ursus taxus Schreb., Saugth., iii, 1778, p. 520. 



Meles taxus var. B. americanits Bodd., Elench. Anim., i, 1785, 



p. 136. 

 Ursus labradoria Gmel., Syst. Nat., i, 1788, p. 102. 

 Meles jeffersoui Harl., Faun. Am., 1825, p. 309. 

 Taxidea americaua Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 



II, 1901, p. 320, fig. 63. Zo()l. Ser. 



*Potos jlavits mcgalotus (Martin), which Thomas has restricted to Colombia 

 and Costa Rica, has been reconsidered by Allen, who assigns the naine mcga- 

 lotus to the -form found in eastern Colombia. 



