NASUA. 497 
488. *nasica (Nasua), Linn., Syst. Nat., 1, 1766, p. 64. 
Coati. Prsott, Tejon in Spanish America; the latter name also for 
Procyon 1. hernandezt. 
Type locality. ‘‘In America.” 
Geogr. Distr. Mexico from northern boundary through Central 
America. 
Genl. Char. Those of the genus. 
Color. Very variable; usually ranging from reddish brown to 
chestnut. 
Dark reddish brown, hairs tipped with yellowish white, this last 
color predominating on shoulders, back, upper part of fore legs, and 
front edge of hind legs and belly; head pale yellowish brown, becoming 
pale rufous on occiput and upper part of neck; face rufous brown; 
white spot beneath eye; nose white, muzzle black; chin, throat, 
under part of neck and breast yellowish white; tail uniform lght 
reddish brown, darkest at tip; feet blackish chestnut. 
Measurements. Total length, 1225; tail, 575; hind foot, 120. 
Skull: occipito-nasal length, 123; Hensel, 122; zygomatic width, 82; 
interorbital width at postorbital processes, 39; median length of 
nasals, 20; palatal arch to alveoli of incisors, 82; postpalatal length, 
39; length of upper molar series, 23; length of mandible, 38; height 
at coronoid process, 26. (Skull dimensions from a specimen from 
San Felipe de Hijar, State of Jalisco, Mexico, No. 6676, Coll. Am. 
Mus: Nat. Hists, N.Y.) 
a.—molaris (Nasua), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, 1902, p. 68. 
MANZANILLO COATI. 
Type locality. Manzanillo, State of Colima, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. “Similar to N. narica (sic) from eastern Mexico, 
but gray of face more restricted; tail longer; skull slightly larger; 
molariform teeth, particularly the upper ones, very much larger and 
more massive.” 
Measurements. ‘Total length, 1240; tail vertebre, 680; hind 
fOOm 122. (Merr-:, 1. c.) 
b.—bullata (Nasua), Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1904, p. 48. 
DarRK Coat. 
Type locality. Pozo Azul, Pirris Province, Costa Rica. 
Genl. Char. General color very dark; bulle greatly inflated; teeth 
small. 
Color. Head and dorsal region brownish black, hairs tipped with 
yellowish; sides dark brown; throat and chest whitish; ventral sur- 
*Nasica long-nose, nec naria narinosa, broad nose. 
