Edisto Island Fossil Vertebrates 
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base of C and P 2 _ 4 , M, preserved; HS.EB-22, LP 4 with fragment of left 
maxilla attached. 
Remarks . — Fossil remains of Canis dims and Canis lupus are often con- 
fused; however, both Merriam (1912) and Martin (1974) concluded that 
the two species are distinct. Measurements from the Edisto specimens 
compare well with measurements provided by Martin (1974), Gillette 
(1979) and Nowak (1979), but are larger than those provided by Ander- 
son (1968). Canis dims was widely distributed in North America in the 
Pleistocene and occurred commonly in the Southeast (Guilday et al. 
1969; Webb 1974; Gillette 1979). 
Urocyon cf. U. cinereoargenteus (Schreber) gray fox 
Material. — ChM.PV2736, left ulnar fragment. 
Remarks . — Although U. cinereoargenteus is an acceptable member of 
the Pleistocene fauna, this specimen could be Recent. The moderate but 
not strong degree of mineralization makes age determination of the 
specimen questionable. Reports of gray fox from the southeastern 
Pleistocene include several in Florida (Gut and Ray 1963; Arata 1959; 
Martin and Webb 1974) and one in Georgia (Ray 1967). It would be an 
expected member of a late Pleistocene fauna. 
Family Procyonidae 
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus) — raccoon 
Material. — ChM.PV2280-228 1, two mandibular fragments; 
ChM.PV2282, right mandibular fragment; ChM.PC2737, left man- 
dibular fragment; ChM.PV2747, right femur; HS.A-34, right mandibular 
fragment; UGV161, portion of left mandible. 
Remarks . — Arata and Hutchinson (1964) examined known Procyon 
material and determined that the Pleistocene species are distinguished 
only on the basis of variation in size. This variation is similar to the 
geographic variation in size found in modern P. lotor. They thus con- 
cluded that known specimens of Pleistocene Procyon are conspecific with 
P. lotor. The Edisto Island material compares closely with modern 
Procyon. Fossil P. lotor has been reported from various localities 
throughout eastern and central North America, including numerous 
records from Florida and at least one from the Ashley River, South 
Carolina (Hay 1923). 
Family Ursidae 
Tremarctos floridanus (Gidley) — Florida spectacled bear 
Material.— ChM.GPV2019, cast of right mandibular ramus with M 2 
(original in private collection of Charles Harshaw, Charleston). 
Remarks. Dental measurements of the specimen fall well within the 
range of those recorded by Kurten (1966) and Ray (1967). Tremarctos 
floridanus has been reported from several southeastern localities, in- 
