Key-catalogue of parasites reported for carnivora (cats, dogs, bears, etc.) : with their possible public health importance / by C.W. Stiles and Clara Edith Baker.

  • Charles Wardell Stiles
Date:
1935
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    have the carotid foramen about equally distant from for. lac. mod. and for. lac. post., or nearer the latter; molars cuspidate when newly cut; pm.l present. Tail not prehensile. No ventral glands. Anal glands retained in Bassariscus, Procyon and Nasua, unrecorded in Bassaricyon. See #558. #558 (565). Mesopterygoid fossa short, separated from molars by a long posterior palate; molars with subequal conical comparatively blunt cusps; canines grooved, mutually sharpened. Bursa absent or reduced, its anterior flap at most very low and not excised. Metatarsus naked beneath. See #559. #559 (562). Muzzle short, not compressed above; preorbital foramen close to anterior rim of orbit, which is above pm.3 or pm.4; inferior edge of anterior nares normally formed; canines only moderate ly sharp in front; posterior root of zygoma not abnormally expanded; typically no supplementary fora- men on inner side of bulla between carotid and foramen lacerum posticum; upper edge of rhinarium not produced, its anterior surface convex, with normal nostrils and wide septum. See #560. #560 (560a62). procyoninae Gill, 1872a, 6, 67.—Raccoons. Mastoid large, larger than paroccipital and projecting far beyond auditory orifice; carotid foramen behind middle of bulla; foramen ovale not behind tip of hamular; ridges invading lower surface of posterior palate. Claws longer, blunter, and less curved; digits entirely free from webbing. Snout produced, upper lip undivided, no philtrum. Two normal anal glands. Bursa absent. See #561. #561. *Procj*on63 Storr, 17S0, Prodr. Meth. Mamm., 35-36, tab. A, tsd. (1891; 1904; 1912; 1915; 1924) Ursus 1 lotor Linn.—Raccoons, raton, raton laveur, Waschbar. Teeth 40; molars broad and tuberculated; upper carnassial with 3 cusps along the outer margin, and a very broad bicuspid inner tubercle, giving an almost quadrate form to the crown; lower carnassial with an extremely small and ill-defined blade, placed transversely in front, and a large inner cusp and hind talon; first molar with a large tuberculated crown, rather broader than long; second molar as long as first, but narrower behind, with 5 obtuse cusps. Body stout. Head broad behind, but with pointed muzzle. Feet plantigrade, but in walking the entire sole is not applied to the ground as it is when the animal is standing; toes, especially of the fore foot, very free, and capable of being spread wide apart; claws compressed, curved, pointed, and nonretractile. Tail moderately long, cylindrical, thickly covered with hair, annulated, nonprehensile. Fur long, thick, soft. Alaska to Central America. #561 Procyon [or Urva1] (Euprocyone) cancrivora (Cuv., 1798, Tabl. filament., Paris, 113 [Ursus1]) Uliger, 1815, Abh. ph.-Kl. K. pr. Ak. Wiss. (1804-1811), 109. Crab-eating raccoon, Aguara, Guassini, Krabbenwaschbar, Krebs- fresser. Cayenne, French Guiana ‘; ranges north to Central America. 82 #560a (560). bassahicyoninae Pocock, 1921, Proc. Zoo!. Soc. London, 422.—Mastoid small, not bigger than paroccipital and hardly surpassing auditory oriflce; carotid foramen not behind middle of bulla; fora- men ovale well behind tip of hamular; ridges of posterior palate marginal. Claws short, sharp, much curved; digits webbed for two-thirds of their length. Snout not produced; upper lip divided by wide phil- trum. Bursa retained and marginal. Contains Bassaricyon. 83 Syns.: Campsiurus0 Link, 1795, Beytr. Nat., v. 1 (2), 52, 87, tsd. (1916) 1st sp. lotor Linn.; Euprocyon > Gray, 1834, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, no. 45, 705-706, rnt. cancrivora Cuv.; Loter m Oken, 1816, Lehrb. Naturg., 3 th., 2 Abth., 1080; Lotor GeofTr. & Cuv., 1795, Mag. encycl., v. 2 (6), 187, tat. lotor; Prochyon ® Swainson, 1835, Nat. Ilist. Class. Quadr., 3C4.