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PROCTONID^. 



** Tail slender, eight- or nkie-ringed. Fm-ehead of shullflat, in a line with 

 the nose ; brain-case swollen ; palate only shmily produced, and broad 

 behind; grinders large. Euprocyon. — Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 705. 



2. Procyon cancrivora. B.M. 



Tail reddish, -with, eight or nine black rings. Fur ashy, blackish- 

 washed ; feet brownish, beneath whitish ; face with a large black 

 patch, extended on to the cheeks ; and one side of the limbs black. 



Ursus cancrivorns, Cuv. Tabl. Mim. p. 113, 1798. 



Procyon cancrivorus, Illigm; Prod. ; Fischer, Syn. Mamm. ; Gray, 



Cat. Mamm. B. M. p. 74 ; Be Blainv. Ost^ogr. Subursi, t. 5 (skull) ; 



P. Z. S. 1869, p. 432. 

 Raton crabier, Bteffon, IT. iV. Suppl. vi. p. 286, t. 32. 



Hah. South America ; Demerara (Mus. Z. S.) ; Paraguay ; Brazil. 



Skull with one very large suborbital foramen. The palate con- 

 cave. The grinders are longer, and occupy a longer line than they 

 do in P. lotor and its varieties. 



Skull. 



"Si 





R g 

 )3 





837 a. Adult ; imperfect behind . 



in. 1. 

 4 9? 



in. 1. 

 2 8 



.1. 

 3 Sh 



1. 1. 

 104 



in. 1. 

 1 1 



in. I. 

 144 



in. 1. 

 2 24 



Section II. CAT-FOOTED BEAKS [DENDROPODA) . 



The feet moderate ; toes short, webbed, covered with hair, arched ; 

 last joint bent up ; claws compressed, short, acute, retractile. Head 

 rounder. 



Dendropoda, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, pp. 506, 706. 



These animals climb trees, and defend themselves with their four 

 feet, lying on their backs. 



