October 31, 1914 
Vol. XXVII, pp. 215-220 
PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 
CIENERAT. NOTES. 
THE SYSTEMATIC NAME OF THE BRAZIIAAN CRAB-EATING 
RACCOON. 
The name Procyon cancrivorus hrasiliensis Von Ihering (Revista do 
]Musen Panlista, Vol. S, p. 228, 1911) applied to the crab-eating raccoon 
of Brazil, is antedated by P[rocyon] nignpes Mivart (Proc. Zool. Soc. 
London, 1885, p. .847). The latter name has been generally overlooked. 
It is based on the black-footed crab-eating raccoon of Sclater (Proc. Zool. 
Soc. London, 1875, p. 421) from “Brazil down to Paraguay.It is 
clear from Von Ihering’s account that his name refers to the same sub¬ 
species, which should, therefore, be known as Procyon cancrivorus 
nigripes Mivart. —A"- Hollister. 
THE GENERIC NAME OF THE COLLARED PECCARIES. 
\Vhen selecting* the species labiatus as type of the genus Dicotyles I 
overlooked the fact that the species torquatus had already been formally 
chosen.T On account of this earlier selection the collared peccaries must 
take the generic name Dicotyles Cuvier, 1817, with Pecari Reichenbach, 
1885, as a synonym. The name Tayassu Fischer, 1814, with Notophorus 
Fischer, 1817, and Olidosus Merriam, 1901, as synonyms, will remain in 
use for the white-lipped group. — Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. 
THE TECHNICAL NAAIES OF THE COMMON SKUNK AND MINK 
OF THE EASTERN STATES. 
The name Viverra nigra Peale and Beauvois, 1796 (Scientific and De¬ 
scriptive Catalogue of Peale’s Museum, p. 87), type locality Maryland, 
antedates Mephitis putida Boitard, 1842, for the common skunk of the 
eastern United States. In a like manner Mustela mink Peale and Beau¬ 
vois (1. c., p. 89), type locality Maryland, has precedence over Mustela 
lutreocephala Harlan, 1825, for the common mink of the middle and 
eastern States. These two formst should be called Mephitis nigra and 
Mustela vison mink. _ _ N. Hollister. 
* List of North American Land iVIainmals in the United States National Mnsenin, 
1911, p. 384. December 31, 1912. 
+ Palmer, Index fieri. Mamm., p. 930. January 23,1904. 
tSee Howelh.North Amer. Fauna, No. 20, p. 2,i, 1901; and Hollister. Proc. U. 8. Nat. 
Mus., Vol. 44, p. 473, 1913. 
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