Procyon psora [Gray], Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 10: 261. December, 1842.

Procyon psora pacifica [Merriam], N. Amer. Fauna, 16: 107, October 28, 1899 (type from Lake Keechelus, Kittitas County, Washington).

Procyon proteus Brass, Aus dem Reiche der Pelze, p. 564, 1911.

Procyon lotor pacifica [Taylor] and [Shaw], Occ. Pap. Chas. R. Conner Mus., no. 2: 10. December, 1929.

Procyon lotor psora [Grinnell], Dixon, and Linsdale, Fur-bearing Mamm. California, Univ. California Press, Berkeley, p. 137, July 22, 1937.

Type locality.—Sacramento, Sacramento County, California.

Racial characters.—Medium size; dark color; smoothly rounded skull.

Measurements.—A female from Forks, Clallam County, measures: total length 905; length of tail 355; hind foot 125; ear 50; weight 14-1/2 lbs. A female and 6 males, young animals of the year, taken between November 15 and December 15, average: 772; 284; 114; weight (of 3) 8-2/3 lbs.