524 GRISON, 
The Grisons, as the animals of the genus GRISON are called, are 
plantigrade, with a weasel-like body, short legs, and a long tail. 
They live in the hollows of trees, or cavities in rocks, or holes in the 
earth; in fact, in any kind of place that will afford them a refuge and 
shelter, and often keep in the neighborhood of houses or farm build- 
ings. In general appearance they are not unlike the Marten. 
100. Grison. The Grisons. 
Sance axl Sms i 
a C6 = 1 a yi 
Grison Oken, Lehrb. der Zodl., 11, 1816, p. tooo. Type Viverra 
vittata Schreber. 
Tayra Oken, Lehrb. der Zodl., 11, 1816, p. 1001. 
Lora F..Cav., Hast. Nat. Mamm:, v, 1626. live xiye 
Galicits Bell Zool. Journ, 11, 1826, p. 550: 
Galidictis 1. Geoff., Mag. Zo6él., Mamm., 1839, p. 32. 
Galera Browne, Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica, 2d ed., 1789, p. 485, 
Tab. 49, fig. 1. Gray, List. Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, 
p07: 
Grisonia Gray, Ann. Phil., xxvi, 1825, p. 339. ld. ProceZage 
SOC., TSOhs, Pa D220. 
Nose short, grooved; body long, limbs short; claws short, curved, 
acute, non-retractile; soles naked; head broad; tail moderately long, 
covered with long hairs; thumb with long claw. Inner tubercle of 
upper carnassial near the middle of the inner border; talon and 
inner cusp of lower carnassial small, sometimes absent. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECGIES: 
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Ap Headvand neck, browmr nine a. eee eee G. b. biologie 524 
By Head and neck. erayishwhite. 7c 225-5405 57h eo G. b. senex 525 
C. Face black; whites stripe from forehead to 
sides of neck. 
a. Base of long hairs on back black. =. 4.4... - G. allamandi 526 
b.* Base of lone hairs'on back orayge. jena eee G. canaster 526 
A. Tayra. 
barbara biologie (Galictis), Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th 
Ser., V, 1900, p. 146. 
CALOVEVORA GrRIson. Chulomuco, Tulomuco in Costa Rica. 
Type locality. Calovevora, Veragua, Panama. 
Geogr. Distr. Central America generally. 
Genl. Char. Similar to G. barbara, but head darker. 
