228 CALIFORNIA MAMMALS. 



derfur being nearly obscured ; tail long and slender, with narrow 

 blackish rings; hind feet pale gray. 



Length about 850 mm. (33.50 inches) ; tail vertebrae 310 

 (12.20) ; hind foot 130 (S-io) ; ear from* crown 60 (2.35). 



Type locality, New River, Colorado Desert, California. 



Desert Raccoons are common in the bottom lands of the 

 lower Colorado River, frequenting the borders of the sloughs 

 and ponds along the overflow channels so common for miles from 

 the river below Yuma. I have trapped several at the mesquit 

 bordered lagunas in "New River" channel in the heart of the 

 Colorado Desert, 50 miles from the main channel of the Colorado 

 River. They follow these overflow channels, living principally 

 on the fish left by the overflows, helped out with birds, small 

 mammals, frogs and a few insects. After the ponds dry up they 

 probably work back to the main channel. 



