MUSTELID^E. HI. IT 



/. CANIS, Linnaeus. WOLVES. 



1. C. lupus, L. WOLF. Color exceedingly variable; 

 northward it is chiefly gray, southward more and more 

 blackish and reddish, till in Florida black wolves pre- 

 dominate, and in Texas red ones. N. A. and northern 

 parts of the Old World. (C. occidentalis, Auct.) 



2. VULPES, Brisson. FOXES. 



1. /. vulgaris, Fleming. RED Fox. CROSS Fox. SILVER 

 Fox. BLACK Fox. Chiefly red, with black feet and ears; 

 tip of tail white. A single species, widely variable in 

 color, as indicated by 'the common names. N. Am. 

 Europe (V.fulvuS) Auct.) 



3. UROCYON, Baird. GRAY FOXES. 



1. U. cinereo-argentafus, (Schreb.) Coues. GRAY 

 Fox. Chiefly gray; fur dusky or fulvous, hairs hoary at 

 tip; tip of tail usually dark. Penn. S., W. to the Pacific. 



FAMILY III. MUSTELID^B. 



(The Weasels.) 



Carnivora either plantigrade or digitigrade, with the 

 toes 5-5. Molars ^ ( rarely ^ ); the upper and the last 

 lower one tubercular; no ccecum. Most species provided 

 with glands near the anus which secrete a fetid liquid. 

 Some are strictly carnivorous while others are rather om- 

 nivorous. Size usually medium or small. They are found 

 in all parts of the earth excepting the Australian region. 



* Last or true molar of upper jaw short, small, transversely elon- 



gated ; toes short ; claws retractile. (MUSTELINE.) 

 f Teeth 38 ; body slender ; feet digitigrade ; tail rather long ; low- 

 er first molar with an internal tubercle. . MUSTELA, 1. 



