424 BASSARISCUS 



Subfamily II. Procyoninge. 

 Genus 209. Bassarir^ciis. 



Bassariscus Coues, Science, ix, 18S7, p. 516. Type Bassaris astuta 



Lichtenstein. 

 Bassaris Licht., Isis, 1831, p. 512. (nee Hubner, i8i6.) 

 Wagneria Jentink, Notes Leyden Mus., viii, 1886. p. 129. (nee 



Rob.-Desv., 1830, Diptera; nee Alenitzin, 1873, Protozoa.) 



739. Bassariscus astutus (Lichtenstein). 



Bassaris astuta Licht., Isis, 1831, p. 513. 



Bassariscus astutus Elliot, Syn. X. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub.. 11. 

 1901, p. 316. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. 11, 1904^ p. 484, figs. 88, Lxvi. 

 Zool. Ser. Id. Check-L. Mamm. X. Amer. Cont. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., VI, 1905, p. 397. Zool. Ser. 

 Common" R.\ccoon'-pox. Cacomistl in Mexico, Cat Squirrel in Texas. 

 I. Adult f P. Pinal County, Oregon. W. ?:. D. Scott. 



Fig. L B*s~ariscus astutus. Common Raccoon-fox. 



