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The species was noted from as far north as Colon by Sclater 

 (1875, p. 421). Alston (1879, p. 69) probably referred to the same 

 material as Sclater in stating that " The Crab-eating Raccoon is 

 found as far north as Panama, whence living specimens have more 

 than once been received by the Zoological Society, and Veragua, 

 whence it has been obtained by M. Boucard." 



The native name mapachin is also applied to Procyon lotor pumilus. 



Specimens examined : Cana, i ; Gatun, 3 ; Panama, 1 * ; Porto 

 Bello, I. 



Genus NASUA Storr. Coatis 

 The coatis are remarkable for the length and mobility of the snout 

 which projects forward well beyond the lower lip. The claws are 

 long and rather straight and blunt for such arboreal animals. The 

 ears are short and the tail long and tapering. The muzzle is whitish 

 or grayish, and two narrow whitish lines usually extend backward 

 along the face diverging gradually to enclose the eyes. 



NASUA NARICA PANAMENSIS Allen 



Panama Coati; Pisote 



Nasua narica panamensis Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. 20, p. 51, 

 February 29, 1904. Type from Boqueron, Chiriqui, Panama. 



The long projecting snout of the coati fully distinguishes it from 

 the other members of the general group to which it belongs. 



Nasua narica, represented by several closely allied continental 

 forms, ranges throughout the tropical portions of Middle America 

 and ascends from sea level well up on the slopes of the higher 

 mountains. Variation in color and cranial details is remarkable and 

 to N. n. panamensis I provisionally refer the animal inhabiting the 

 region as far east as Cana. The material available is insufficient to 

 satisfactorily determine the exact status and relationships of this 

 subspecies, but it seems doubtfully recognizable from N. n. bullata 

 of Costa Rica. 



Dr. Allen (/. c.) in describing the Panama form says that in 

 coloration it is " not readily distinguishable from N. narica bullata, 

 being very dark and highly colored, but much smaller, and with 

 the bullae of the usual size for the narica group." He adds: 

 " N. narica panamensis probably differs very little in average colora- 

 tion from N. n. bullata, both forms presenting the usual wide indi- 

 vidual range of color-variation seen in all the forms of Nasua, but it 



Collection Mus. Comp. Zool. 



