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and black, giving a fine brindle effect, except above shoulders where 
there is a large, irregular shoulder patch of deep orange-rufous, some 
of the hairs black-tipped, narrowing and extending backward to 
middle of back; arms, hands, feet, legs, ears, and under parts dull 
yellow, becoming more strongly ocliraceous about base of tail, on the 
vent, under side of throat and on cheeks ; lips, and chin dull yellow; a 
broad black band running from each cheek through eye and meeting 
between eyes, above these black bands, a band of pale, dull yellow; 
tail ringed with dull ocliraceous and blackish brown rings. Some 
adult specimens are grayer. The young are usually of a darker 
color than the adults, and more nearly agree with P. lotor typicus 
in color, except for the shoulder patch which is always more highly 
colored. 
Cranial characters. Skull similar to that of P. lotor typicus , but 
usually somewhat larger and stronger, and never so abruptly con¬ 
stricted behind postorbital processes; frontal region higher and 
more arched. 
Measurements. The type $ aged : total length, 892; tail ver¬ 
tebrae, 28b; hind foot, 125. No. 2,495 from Citronelle, Florida, 
$ old adult: total length, 835; tail vertebrae, 285; hind foot, 125. 
A young; adult A topotype No. 2,501 : total length, 800 ; tail ver¬ 
tebrae, 244; hind foot, 120. 1 
Skull, the type $ aged : basal length, 109.6; zygomatic breadth, 
81.2; mastoid breadth, 64.6; interorbital width, 25; greatest con¬ 
striction behind post orbital processes, 24.8; greatest length of 
single half of mandible, 88.4. 
General remarks. I have a large series of raccoons from Florida 
and Georgia; those from the latter state begin to approach P. lotor 
typicus , especially the ones from the northeastern part (Hursman’s 
Lake), but even these are perhaps referable to P. lotor elucus. 
The Florida raccoon, like its northern relative, is subject to a 
considerable range of individual variation in color, size, and even 
proportions. The young as a rule vary more than do the adults, 
still there is a very prevalent belief among the trappers and hunters 
that there are two distinct species of “ coons ” in Florida, a short¬ 
tailed, compactly built one, and a long-tailed, “ leggy ” one. All of 
the former that have been shown me were, however, young indi- 
1 An old adult 9 Procyon lotor typicus from Liberty Hill, Connecticut, No. 1,949, meas¬ 
ures : total length, 832; tail vertebrae, 247; hind foot, 118. An old adult cf from Granville, 
Nova Scotia (the extreme northern limit of the species), No. 239: total length, 837; tail 
vertebrae, 240; hind foot, 110. 
