490 PROCYON. 
93. Procyon. Raccoons. 
Gee a as Ss 
= (G = M.— =40. 
Oe) 4? 
Procyon Storr, Prodr. Meth., Mamm., 1780, p. 35, Tab. A. Type 
Ursus lotor Linneus. 
Lotor Cuv. & Geoff., Mag. Encyclop., 1795, No. v1, Oken. Lehrb. 
Naturg., 3ter Theil, 2te Abth., 1816, p. rode. 
Euprocyon Gray, Proc. Zodl. Soc., 1864, p. 705. 
Body stout; tail moderately long, semi-bushy, annulated; ears 
short, hairy; soles naked; muzzle acuminate. 
KEY 20 THE SPECIES AND SUBSEEGIES: 
A. Tail bushy, short, ringed with black. 
a. Size small; hind foot less than four inches in 
length; teeth small. PAGE 
a.’ Shoulder patch normal in color........-.. P. pygmeus 490 
b.’ Shoulder patch covered with black hairs..P. maynardi 490 
b. Size large; hind foot over four inches in 
length. 
a.’ Fur long; teeth moderately large. 
a.’ Pterygoids tapering anteriorly to a thin 
DOU. : o Aelclat ee eee eee P.1. hernandezt 491 
b.”” Pterygoids truncate anteriorly........P.l. amsularis 4092 
b.’ Fur short; teeth large, powerful (Eupro- 
CV OW) iS Sa Se Bae ae es Ae P. cancrivorus 492 
484. pygmezus (Procyon), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xIv, 1gor, 
pe LO. 
LITTLE Raccoon. 
Type locality. Island of Cozumel, Yucatan, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Similar to P. 1. hernandezt, but much smaller. 
Color. Above mixed black and gray, with a yellowish tinge on 
median line; transverse black bar across face, succeeded above by a 
whitish one with a median dusky line; chin, lips, and sides of throat 
whitish; dusky band across throat; under parts grizzled gray, tinged 
with yellowish; tail yellowish, with six or more dark brown rings 
rather faint on the under side; ankles dusky; hands and feet grayish, 
the latter suffused with brown. 
Measurements. Total length, 667; tail vertebrze, 230; hind foot, 
go. Skull: basal length, 88; occipito-nasal length, 88; palatal length, 
58; zygomatic breadth, 59; length of upper molar series, 17. 
485. maynardi (Procyon), Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., x11, 1898, 
Deco 
