484 BASSARISCUS. 
Head short, muzzle pointed, ears large; body slender, elongate; 
pads naked, soles hairy; tail long as body, annulate. 
KEY &O THE SPECIES: 
A. Size large. 
a. Upper parts yellowish brown and gray; be- PAGE 
neath“ white..s 54.50. Jee, heen ete eee eee B.astutus 484 
. Upper parts blackish: tawimy: <o:.264- seer B. a. flavus 485 
c. Upper parts mixed dark brown and black; 
beneath bully ochraceous 2). 5-5. erie B. saxicola 485 
d. Upper parts smoky gray, lined with black; 
LECE RAW -PTAY 2 cher epee cee oie a eee ee B. s. notinus 485 
e. Upper parts dark gray, hairs tipped with 
black= feet whitishn 7.24%. vette nee eee a ee B. albipes 486 
B. Size small; above mixed black and golden 
brown; beneath yellowish white............. B. annulatus 487 
Fic. LXVI. BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS. COMMON RACCOON-FOX. 
479. astutus (Bassaris), Licht., Wagler, Isis, 1831, p. 513. Elliot, 
Syn. N. Am. Mamm., rgort, p. 316. 
Common Raccoon-Fox. Cacamtstl in Mexico. Cat Squirrel in Texas. 
