1864.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE URSIDE. 701 
Tribe 2. NASuINA. 
Nose elongated, produced, truncated; the underside rounded, 
rather bald, without any central longitudinal groove 
6. Nasua. 
Nasua, Storr. 
Coati, Lacépéde. 
Head elongate, tapering. Nose elongate, produced; underside 
rounded, without any groove. Nostrils in front of the muffle, and 
reaching only halfway along its sides; upper surface of muffle twice 
as long as broad, and ending forwards in a cartilaginous snout 
(Baird). ars short, rounded. Toes 5/5. Claws strong, acute. 
Tail elongate. 
Skull elongate. Nose produced, compressed. Teeth 40. Cutting- 
teeth moderate ; outer ones elongate, conical; four central upper in 
an arched line, rather in front of the lateral teeth ; lower shelving 
out in front. Canines large ; the lower strong, sharp-edged behind ; 
the upper compressed, conical, and bent out at the ends. Grinders 
ea: the three front conical, compressed ; the fourth like the flesh- 
tooth. The tubercular triangular, similar to the flesh-tooth. Lower 
jaw without any prominent angle behind. 
1. NASUA RUFA. B.M. 
Fur fulvous; back darker ; sides of nose and head ashy ; tail ful- 
vous and black-ringed. 
Viverra nasua, Linn. S. N. i. 64 ; Schreb. Siugeth. t. 118. 
Ursus nasua, Cuvier, Tab. Elém. 113, 1798. 
Nasua rufa, Desm. Mamm. 170; Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. 74. 
NN. socialis, var., Pr. Max. Beitr. 11. 283. 
N. socialis or N. rufa, Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 148. 
Coatimonde, Perr. Anim. i. 15, t. 37; Shaw, Zool. i. 385. 
Coati noirdtre, Buffon, H. N. 
Coati roux, Cuvier, Rég. An.i. 144; F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lithogr. t. 
Brazilian Weezel, Penn. Syn. 229, t. 22. f. 1. 
Coati, Marcgr. Brazil, 228. 
Myrmecophaga annulata, Desm.Mamm., from Krusenstern’s Voy. 
t.; Griffith, A. K. t. (figure altered). 
M. striata, Shaw, Zool. i. 51, 1786. 
Tamandua , Buffon, H. N. Supp. iii. t. 56. 
Mr. Turner (P. Z. S. 1851, p. 218) professes to have rediscovered 
the fact (though it is stated in the ‘Catalogue of the Mammalia in 
the British Museum,’ p. 74, 1843) that Krusenstern’s M. annulata 
in only a Coatimondi; but he is puzzled to explain the figure in 
Griffith’s ‘Animal Kingdom.’ This figure is engraved from a draw- 
ing of Major Hamilton Smith’s, no doubt copied from Krusenstern’s 
figure, but altered and improved, as was his habit when making his 
very large collection of drawings—a bad habit, that has rendered them 
of comparatively small value for scientific purposes, as it is impos- 
sible to determine whether they are from a figure or a specimen. 
