. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . tion. (Bell, 1. c.) Measurements. None given. 502. canaster (Galictis), Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, 1901, p. Grison. Type locality. Tunkas, State of Yucatan, Mexico. Gcogr. Distr. From Orizaba, State of Puebla, to State of Yucatan. Gciil. Char. Body long, weasel-like; legs short; head broad; earsshort, rounded; tail short. Color. Face, feet, legs, and entire under parts black; pure whitestripe across forehead extending over eyes and across cheeks and earsnearly to shoulders; rest of head grading from pure w
. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . tion. (Bell, 1. c.) Measurements. None given. 502. canaster (Galictis), Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, 1901, p. Grison. Type locality. Tunkas, State of Yucatan, Mexico. Gcogr. Distr. From Orizaba, State of Puebla, to State of Yucatan. Gciil. Char. Body long, weasel-like; legs short; head broad; earsshort, rounded; tail short. Color. Face, feet, legs, and entire under parts black; pure whitestripe across forehead extending over eyes and across cheeks and earsnearly to shoulders; rest of head grading from pure white into thesmoky gray that covers entire upper parts; long hairs of upper partshave a broad subterminal black band and white tip; tail probablylike the back, but in the present specimen the dark hairs seem tohave been worn away or shed, for only about an inch of their base islike the back, remaining portion being a uniform dark gray. Measurements. Total length, 720; tail to end of hairs, 170; hindfoot, 50 (dried skin). Skull: occipital region lacking; greatest. Fig. 100. Grison iGalictis canaster. No. (J420 Coll. Mus. Com p. Z06I. Nat. size. zygomatic width, 50; palatal length, 37; across postorbital processes,26; median nasal length, ; length of upper sectorial, alveolus 528 ORISON. c ^-j^ ^ 3n»v^^i^^l s mK^^- —^ - /^ ? Fig. LXXIV. Grison (Galictis^ canaster. Nelsons Grison. No. I14J0 Mus. (.(imp. /oiil. Ioll. (.lulcr side, 0; longlh of luaiulihlo, .^7; hoii;li( at coiulylo, 10; at ooro-iioid process, i^; length of lower tooth row, -\^ (Specimen fromOrizaba, INlexico, Coll. Mus. Comp. Zool. Cambridge, Mass.) Tlic genus Purouius is a large one, and contains ihc true Weasels,l-errets, and Mink, and is divided into several sections having sub-genenc \alnes. The largest number of species are included in thetrue Weasels here i^laced under the subgeneric term, Arctogalc, themembers oi which li\ing in boreal regions turn while in winter,(ireat dilTerence is obscrxablc m si/.
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