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PROCYON CANCRIYORUS.— Cuv. 
Crab-Eating Raccoon. 
PLATE CLV. 
P. Supra canescens plus minus in nigrum vergens, subtus flavo-albente, 
pedibus fuscescentibus, facie albida, fascia oculum circumcingente et cum 
opposita confluente nigra ; cauda rufescente, annulis nigris. 
CHARACTERS. 
Body, above greyish, more or less shaded with black ; beneath, light yellow ; 
feet brownish yellow ; face whitish ; a black band surrounding the eye uniting 
with the opposite one tail reddish, annulated with black. 
SYNONYMES. 
Ursus Cancrivorus. — Cuv. Regne An., i., p. 138. 
Raton Crabier. — Buff. His. Nat., Suppl. vi., p. 236, t. 32. 
Aguara-pope. — D’Azara, Essai i., p. 327. 
Procyon Cancrivorus. — Desm. in Nouv. Diet, xxxix., p. 93. 2. 
“ “ Briggins, Paraguay, p. 213. 
“ “ Prince Max. Wied, Beitrage ii., p. 301. 
“ “ Griffith An. Kingd., Synopsis, Species 325, p. 114. 
“ “ Weigmann, Arch, iii., p. 371. 
“ “ Rengger, Paraguay, p. 113. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Body longer and more slender than that of the common Raccoon (P. 
lotor ), legs longer, ears shorter, less rounded, and more pointed, and tail 
thinner than in the latter species. The tail diminishes towards the end. 
Hairs coarse ; nails prominent ; feet closely haired ; under-fur short and 
sparse. 
COLOUR. 
Point of nose black ; whiskers white and black, a blackish band around 
the eyes, extending nearly to the ears ; sides of the face, and above the 
eyes, and a spot on the forehead, whitish ; extremities of ears yellowish 
white, their bases dark brown ; nails black ; tail barred with black and 
white ; cheeks, jaws, under-part of the neck, breast, and belly, white, with 
a tinge of yellowish brown. Upper surface of body ash-brown. 
