430 POTOS TAXIDEA. 



b. Fotos floriis ine^ulotus (.Martin). 



Cercoleptes niegaloUis Martin, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1836, p. 81. 



Potos flavus megalotus Thos., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th Ser., ix. 

 1902, p. 266. 

 Martin's Kinkatou. 



I. Adult — P. Bonda, Colombia, South America. H. H. Smith. 



Family VII. Mii^telidM*. Bailjjerx. Weas^eN. Otterss, etc. 



Subfamily I. Melinee. 

 Genus 213. Taxidca. Badgers. 



Taxidea Waterh., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1838, pp. 153-154. Type Ursus 

 labradorius Gmelin = Ursiis taxus Schreber. 



744. Taxidea taxus (Schreber). 



Ursus taxus Schreb., Saugth., iii, 1778, p. 520, pi. cxlii b. 

 Meles taxus var. B americatius Bodd., Elench. Anim., i, 1785, p. 



136. 

 Ursus labradorius Gmel., Syst. Nat., i, 1788, p. 102. 

 Meles jeffersoni Harl., Faun. Am., 1825, p. 309. 

 Taxidea americana Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 



1901, p. 320, fig. 63. Zool. Ser. 

 Taxidea taxus Elliot, Check-L. Mamm. N. Amer. Cont. & W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., vi, 1905, p. 404. Zool. Ser. 

 A.MERicAN Badger. 



1. Adult cJ^ P. Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado. B. F. 



Baymer. 



2. Adult 9 P. Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado. B. F. 



Baymer. • 



3. Adult — P. Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado. B. F. 

 . Baymer. 



4. Adult 9 P. Bufifalo Lake, Alberta, Canada. G. F. Dippie. 



5. Adult (5^ P. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. G. F. Dippie. 



6. Adult c? Coll. Jamestown,' North Dakota. W. E. Snyder. 



II. Taxidea ta.vus neglecta (Meams). 



Taxidea americana neglecta Mearns, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 N. Y., 1891, p. 250. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., II, 1901, p. 321. Zool. Ser. 

 Taxidea taxus neglecta Elliot, Check-L. Mamm. N. Amer. Cont. iSr 

 W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., vi, 1905, p. 405. Zool. Ser. 



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