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The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies (1904) (14791020743)

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Title: The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies

Year: 1904 (1900s)

Authors: Elliot, Daniel Giraud, 1835-1915

Subjects: Mammals Mammals Mammals

Publisher: Chicago

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian

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torr, Bull. U. S. Geogr. & Geol.Surv. Terr., v, 1879, p. 153. Nasua Storr, Prodr. Meth. Mamm., 1780, p. 35. Type Vivcrraiiasita Linnaeus. Nose lengthened, snout truncate, upturned; body long, com-pressed; tail long, tapering; Skull long, narrow, nasals upturnedanteriorly; no interorbital constriction; palate very long, one-thirdof its length posterior to last molar; interpterygoid fossa very short,broad; bullae small. KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES A. Size small; tail short; first upper molar cut pageaway anteriorly and posteriorly N. nelsoiii 495 B. Size large; tail long; first upper molar not cutaway at either end. a. Upper parts dark reddish brown; molariform teeth medium A^. iiasica 497 b. Upper parts reddish brown; molariform teeth large N. ii. molaris 497 NASUA. 495 TT PAGE c. Upper parts brownish black .V. n. bnllata 497 d. Upper parts rusty brown N. n. panamcusis 498 e. Upper parts i)ale brownish yellow N. n. yucatanica 498 f. Upper parts pale brown ,V. //. fyallida 498

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Fig. 91. Nasua nasica. No. 6676 Xm. Mils. N;it. Hist. Coll. >4 nat. size. 487. nelsoni (Nasua), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv. 1901,p. 100. (July.) 496 NASUA. thersites (Nasita), Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th Ser., viii,1901, p. 271. (October.)Nelsons Coati. Type locality. Cozumel Island, Yucatan, Mexico. Genl. Char. Small; tail short. Skull: sagittal crest large inmale, arched; inner cusp of first upper molar prominent; first lowermolar small and narrow. Color. Head and shoulders golden fulvous; sides of neck andarms buffy white; throat buffy; ears and a posterior stripe whitish;chin and nose grayish; superciliary stripe gray; dusky band behindchin; rest of body above, with belly, legs, and tail seal brown. Meastirements. Total length, 795-910; tail vertebrae, 355-380;hind foot, 77-83; ear, 28. Skull: basal length, 95-109; occipito-nasal length, 95 ; interorbital breadth, 24; palatal length, 66-67 ^ zygo-matic breadth, 61-64; length of molar series, on alveoli, 16.5. KALE

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