704 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE URSIDSE. [Dec. 13, 
showing its teeth in a threatening manner ; but I never heard it utter 
any cry.’—C. B. Kennerly. 
* Tail bushy, four or five rings; forehead of skull high, convex ; 
brain-case moderate; palate much produced and narrow be- 
hind ; grinders moderate. Procyon. 
1. Procyon Lotor. Raccoon. B.M. 
Tail reddish, with four or five black rings. Fur ashy, more or less 
black-washed ; lower side, ears, and feet whitish; oblique streak 
under the eye blackish ; face whitish, with a narrow streak across 
the forehead before the eyes, becoming Pook on the cheeks ; outer 
side of the limbs and feet palish. 
Ursus lotor, Linn. 8. N. i. 70, 1766; Schreb. Saugeth. t. 143; 
De Blainv. Ostéogr. Subursi, t. 3 (skeleton). 
Raccoon, Lawson, Carolina, 121, fig.; Penn. Syn. 199; Shaw, Zool. 
i. 464. 
Raton, Buffon, H. N. vii. 337, t.43; Supp. ii. 215. 
Procyon lotor, Storr, Prod. 1780 ; Desm. Mamm. 168; Fischer, 
Syn. Mamm. 147; Gray, Cat. Waren: B. M. 74. 
Meles lotor, Bodd: Elenchus. Anim. i. 80, 1784. 
Lotor vulgaris, Tiedem. Zool. 1. 380. 
Procyon gularis, H. Smith, Jard. Cab. Lib. xiii. 222, 1842. 
P. brachyurus, Wiegm. Arch. iii. 369; Schreb. Suppl. t. 143 C. 
P. obseurus, Wiegm. Arch. ui. 370; Schreb. Suppl. t. 142 D. 
Var. melanus ; nearly black. 
Var. albina. 
Meles alba, Brisson, Régne An. i. 255. 
Ursus meles alba, Erxl. Syst. 164. 
Procyon nivea, Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist. 1. 580, 1837. 
Hab. America: Mexico (Capt. Lyon). 
General colour greyish white; the tips of the long hairs black, 
imparting this colour to the back; under fur black-brown; a large 
oblique black patch on the cheek, continuous with a paler one be- 
neath the jaw; another behind the ears; end of the muzzle, except 
the upper line, together with the portion on the border of the cheek- 
patch, whitish ; tail not tapering, with tip and four anuules black, 
these as broad as the rusty-white interspaces: hind feet not exceed- 
ing 4 inches, above dirty whitish ; fore feet not exceeding 23 inches. 
Varies in being nearly black, with the markings obscured; sometimes 
more or less yellowish or white, with obsolete markings or none—a 
decided tendency to albinism (Baird, /. ec. 201). 
Var. 1. Feet black, rather large. 
Procyon hernandesii, Wagner, Isis, xxix. 514, 1833; Wiegm. Arch. 
iii. 367; Baird, Mamm. N. Amer. 215. 
Hab. Mexico. 
Var. 2. Procyon hernandesii, var. mexicana, Baird, Mamm. N. A. 
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