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#566 *Bassariscus [or Basaris «] astutus Lichtenstein, 1830, Abh. ph.-Kl. K. 
pr. Ak. Wiss. (1827), 119 [Bassaris ^ o]) Coues, 1887, Sci., v. 9, May 27, 516. 
Civet Cat, common raccoon-fox, gemeines Katzenfrett, cacamizli, cacamistl, 
cacomistl. S. Mexico *; western U. S. A. 
Mesocestoides <t299. — Intest. 
hassarisci. — New York Zoo, from 
Mexico *. — T, h. 
Uncinaria 390B. — Intest. 
Hotoris. — Texas. 
Ixodes t866.— Ext. 
ruhidus. — Guanajuata *, Mexico *. 
Neotrichodectes <tl099.— Ext. 
[*mephitidis » Osborn. — Calif.] 
Phalacropsylla <tl623. — Ext. 
^paradisea. — Paradise *, Ariz. — 
Civet cat t. h. 
Trichodectes fl 100.— Ext. 
thoracicus. — Lake Co.*, Calif. — T. h. 
#566 Bassariscus astutus astutus (Lichtenstein, 1830, Abh. ph.-Kl. K. pr. 
Ak. Wiss. 1827, 119 [Bassaris ^o]) MiUer, 1912, U. S. Nat. Mus., Bui. 79,88. 
Southern Mexico *. 
#566 *Bassariscus astutus oregonus (Rhoads, 1894, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., 
Phila., V. 45, Jan. 30, 416 [Bassariscus flavus]) Miller & Rehn, 1901, Proc. 
Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., v. 30, Dec. 30, 230. Grant's Pass, Oregon *. Fide 
Merriam, 1897, 186-187, this should stand as Bassariscus raptor. 
Neotrichodectes <tl099. — Ext. 
[mephitidis ^ Osborn.] 
#566 *Bassariscus (Bassariscus) astutus raptor (Baird, 1859, Mamm. Mex- 
ican boundary, 19 [Bassaris ^ °]) Elliott, 1901, Synop. Mamm. N. Amer., 
Zool. ser., v. 2, 316. Robber raccoon-fox. Washington (supposed to have 
been brought from California). So. astutus oregonus, fide Miller, 1924, 
113. 
#567 (557). POTOsiNAE Trouess., 1904c, Cat. Mamm., 183. — Kinkajous. Man- 
dible very massive, the rami early fused by a long symphysis, the lower edge 
straight by the growth posteriorly of a large lamina, sometimes rounded, 
sometimes angled, beneath the angular process, which is reduced to a small 
excrescence beneath the condyle; inner dentary foramen beneath base of 
anterior edge of coronoid; palate parallel-sided, as wide in front as behind, 
depressed behind molars; paroccipitals and mastoids standing away from 
bulla, which has carotid foramen set forwards much nearer for. lac. med. 
than for. lac. post.; molars flat-crowned even when newly cut; pm.l absent 
above and below. Tail prehensile. Two ventral cutaneous glands. Anal 
glands aborted. See #568. Syn. ceecoleptinae Trouess., 1897c, Cat. 
Mamm., v. 1, fasc. 1, 248. 
#568. Potos 64 Geoffr. & Cuv., 1795, Mag. encycL, v. 2, 187 (for Kincajou) tsd. 
(1904; 1924) Viverra^ caudivolvula Schreb. so. flavus Schreb. — Kinkajous, 
Wickelbar. Teeth 36 (i. 3/3, c. 1/1, pm. 3/3, m. 2/2); molars with low flat 
crowns, very obscurely tuberculated. Skull short, rounded, with flat upper 
surface. Clavicles very rudimentary. Head broad and round. Ears short- 
Body long, musteline. Legs short. Tail long, tapering, prehensile. Fur 
short and soft. Tongue long, very extensile. Forests of warmer parts of 
South and Central America. 
«* Syns.: Caudivolvulus « Dumgril, 1806, Zool. Analytique, Paris, 14, mt. le kinkajou; 
Cercolabes ^ ° Greve, 1894, Nova Acta Leop., Halle, 217, mt. caudivolms [not Cercolabes Brandt, 
1835, rodent]; 
Cercoleptes ° Uliger, 1811, Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Avium, 127-128, mt. caudivolvula; 
Kincajou °» <> Lacepede, 1799, BufEon's Hist, nat., Didot ed., Quadr., XIV, 154, mt. caudivol- 
vulus; 
Kinkajou o Lacepede, 1799, Tabl. Mamm., 7, mt. caudivolvula; 
Kinkaschuoo Fischer, 1813, Zoog., ed. 3, v. 1, 14; 
Kinkaschus o o Fischer, 1813, Zoog., ed. 3, v. 1, 21; 
Kinkojou Gill, 1872a, 67. 
