Racoons occur all through the state. The one specimen examined was shot
about 11:00 p. m. in a cypress tree. Its mouth contained fresh corn.
The animal was notably fat and weighed 11 pounds. According to the
natives the racoons do much damage in cornfields.
=Procyon lotor fuscipes= Mearns
1914. _Procyon lotor fuscipes_ Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 27:63, March 20, type from Las Moras Creek, 1011
ft., Fort Clark, Kinney Co., Texas.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Practically all of state,
except western part.
_Records_ (Goldman, 1950:51, unless otherwise noted):
Camargo; Matamoros; Bagdad; Marmolego; Camp 2 (= 73 mi. S
Washington Beach, Selander _et al._, 1962:338, recorded only
two species); Gomez Farias (Goodwin, 1954:14); Altamira.
=Procyon lotor hernandezii= Wagler
1831. _Pr[ocyon]. hernandezii_ Wagler, Isis von Oken,
24:514, type from Tlalpan, Valley of Mexico.
1890. _Procyon lotor hernandezi_, J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer.
Mus. Nat. Hist., 3:176, December 10.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Western part of state; known
only from Rancho Santa Rosa.
The specimen examined is identified as _P. l. hernandezii_ because the
animal differs from specimens of _P. l. fuscipes_ from southern Texas
and Coahuila in the same way that Goldman (1950:50) noted that _P. l.
hernandezii_ differs from _P. l. fuscipes_. For example, in the
specimen from Rancho Santa Rosa the interorbital region is lower, the
braincase is less depressed near the fronto-parietal suture, the
postorbital process is longer and more pointed, and the upper
carnassial is longer. The color is the same as in specimens of
_fuscipes_ from Texas except that the postauricular spot is smaller,
and the ground color is slightly more grayish. The median dorsal area
is black, forming a longitudinal band about 3 cm. wide.
_Record of occurrence._--One specimen examined from Rancho
Santa Rosa, 25 km. N, 13 km. W Cd. Victoria.
=Nasua narica molaris= Merriam