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Ahinnccopliaga striata, Shaw, Geu. Zool., i, 1800, 51 (=Buffon's " Tamaudua " as above). 



" Mijrmecophafja, Kkusex$teex, Voy. autour du Monde." 



MyrmecopluKja anmdata, Des.m.\p.est, Mam., 1822, 374 {=Myrm€copliaga, Kruseusteni, 

 as above). 



Tamandua, anmdatedvar.?—2I>jnneco])lia[/a tetradadula,!^.",, Geiffith's Cuviers Anim. 

 Kiugd., iii, 1827, 305, pi. (original figure from a stuffed specimen*^). 



Kasua sociaUs, M.aximiliax, Beitr. Naturg. Bras., ii, 182G, 283.— Scuixz, Xat. n. Abbild. 

 d. Sangt., 1826, 110, pi. xssiii (from nature).— A^OxTschudi, Fauna Peruana, 

 1844-46, 98.— BuRMEiSTER, Syst. Uebers. der Tbiere Brasil., 1854, i, 120 (exclud- 

 ing from synonymy riverra narica, Linn.).- Giebel, SLiugetb., 1855, 750 (in part 

 only; includes riverra nasua, V. narica, Linn., V. quasje, Gmel., Xasuarufa and 

 /«sc«, Desm., .A", leucorlujnchus, von Tscbudi, etc.).— AVeixlaxd, Zoologiscbe 

 Garten, 1860, 61.— Hexsel, Zoologiscbe Garten, 1869, 290 (babits, tbe cbase, 

 individual and climatic variations, etc.); Abbaudl. Konig. Akad. AYissens. 

 Berlin, 1872, (1873), 63. 



Nasua sociaUs var. riifa, Fischer, Synop. Mam., 1329, 148. 



Nasua sociaUs var. rufa aut ftdva, AVagxer, Suppl. Scbreber's Saugtb., ii, 1841, 165. 



Nasua soUtaria, Maximiliax, Beitr. Xaturg.Bras., ii, 1826, 292 (old males).— Fischer, 

 Synop. Mam., 1829, 149.— A^ox Tschudi, Fauna Peruana, 1844-46, 99.— BuE- 

 MEiSTER, System. Uebers. der Tbiere Bras., 1854, i, 121.— Giebel, Siiugetb., 

 1855, 751. (Tbese notices are all of tbem compiled, and are based on jMaxi- 

 milian's description of tbe single original specimen, namely, an old male of 

 tbe common Coati. )— Schmidt, Zoologiscbe Garten, Jabi-g. iii, Ko. 2, Feb. 

 1862, 32. 



Nasua vittaia, vox Tschudi, Fauna Peruana, 1844-46, 101. 



Nasua montana, VOX Tschudi, Fauna Peruana, 1844-46, 102, pi. v. 



JVrtSitaoZiyacea, Gray, Proc.ZooLSoc. Loud., 1864,7(53; Cat. Cam., Pacby.,and Edent. 

 Mam. Brit. Mus., 1869, 241.' 



Nasua dorsalis, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., 1866, 169, pi, svii ; Cat. Carn., Pacby., and 

 Edent. Mam. Brit. Mus., 1869, 240. 



"Le Coati Moudi, Peerault, Anim. , ii [about 1668], 15, pi. xxs^i," Sec "■ M^m. Acad. 

 Eoy. des Sci., dep. 1666-1699," probably tome ii. 



Brazilian Weesel, Pexxaxt, Sjn. Quad., 1771, 229; Hist. Quad., ii, 1793, 61 (in part 

 only). 



Cuati, AzARA, Hist. Xat. Quad. Paraguay, i, 1802, 293. 



Coati roux, male, F. Cuvier, Hist. Xat. des Mam., livr. i, 1818. 



Coati l)run,femelle, F. Cuvier, Hist. X^at. des Mam., li^T. iv, 1819. 



*Dr. Gray says (Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., 1864, p. 701), "Mr.TiuTier (P. Z. S., 1851, 

 p. 218) professes to bave rediscovered tbe fact (tbougb it is stated in tbe 'Catalogue of 

 tliff^Iammalia in tbe Britisb Musium,' p. 74, 1843), tbat Krusenstem's M. annulata is only 

 a Coati-Mondi ; but be is puzzled to explain tbe figure in Griffitb's 'Animal Kingdom.' 

 Tbis figure is engraved from a dra-^ing of Alajor Hamilton Smitb's, no douU copied from 

 Krusenstem's figure, but altered and improved, as was bis babit wben making bis very 

 large collection of drawings— a bad babit, tbat bas rendered tbem of comparatively 

 small value for scientific imrposes, as it is impossible to determine wbetber tbey are 

 from a figure or a specimen." 



In reference to tbe line I bave italicised in tbe above passage, I quote tbe follow- 

 ing from tbe text (1. c, pp. 305, 306) accompanying Hamilton Smitb's figure: ''Tbe 

 figure we bave engraved, under tbe title of tbe Tamandua annulated variety ? seems 

 likely to be tbe same as tbat indicated by tbe circumnavigator [Krusensteru], differing 

 principally in tbe absence of tbe dark spot round tbe eye. Tbis was also di-awu [like 

 tbe i^late preceding tbe one in question] from a stuffed specimen, and is subject to tbe 

 same observations as to tbe position of all tbe feet as tbat last mentioned ["Ursine 

 Anteater"]." 



