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BAS3ARI8CI.TS BASSARICYON FRSUS. '229
upper i)n'in()lar, leftside; all the lower incisovH and the last Inwcr luohir, rij^lit
.side. All the hones of the skeleton are appan-iitly prest-nt except thi' limu'H
frnin the forearm distally and from the iej; distally.
Type indirectly de^^iJrnated by nnnd)er, and the eollar mark and uriirinal label
leave no doubt as t the specimen Baird had in mind.
Bassariscus saxicola M(>iiiam. Hiologicul Siirxcv collcH'tioii,
I'roc. Biol. 8oc. Wash., XI, pp. ISr.-l.Sfi, July 1, 1.S97.
TUOol. Skill iuul skull. Adult t'oiiiiile. Espiritu Sunto l.shind. Lower
California, :\l('.\ico. August !!•, 1895. Collcc-ted l>y J. E. McLol-
lan. Original miiuher 1438.
Well-made skin in yood condition; skull perfect.
Bassaricyon gabbii Allen.
Genus BASSARICYON.
Tree. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1876, p. 2:^, pi. 1, fig. 1, April 18, 1876; Proc. Acad.
Nat. Sci. Phila., 1877, i>i). 267, 268, and i)l. 2 of what was snpjto.sed to be the
entire animal, hut what in reality is an iilu.«tration of Xasiia uariri.
14214. Skull. Adult. Talamanca. Co.sta Rica. Collected hy Prof.
W. M. Gabb. Original number 44. Catjilogued November 1!»,
1S74.
.\ U-siiaped piece is lacking from the basioccipital, and there is a largo hole in
the basisphenold between the ])terygoids. The following teeth are jiresent in
the upper jaw: The last thr»'e ti-eth on the right side, the last tooth and the second
from the last and the third from the last on the left side. The following
teeth are massing in the lower jaw: In the h-ft side the last molar, the third
premolar, and the third inci.sor; on the right side the second inci.sor.
According to tiie catalogue there should l)e a skin liearing No. 12237. It has
never been found in tlie ]\Iuseum collection. In a letter dated May 12, 1908,
Dr. .1. A. Allen remarks: "In reference to the type of Bassarirnoii galilni, 1 never
saw a skin belonging to the type skull. Through some error in cataloguing a
skin of X