GULO. 417 



1014. Gulo luteus Elliot. 



Gulo luteus Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., in, 1903, p. 200. 



Zool. Ser. 

 BUFF-COLORED WOLVERINE. 



Type locality. Mount Whitney, Inyo County, California. 



Geogr. Distr. Mount Whitney to Yakutat Bay? Alaska. 



Genl. Char. General hue of hind part of head, sides of body, and 

 base of tail buff color. 



Color. Nose, lips, cheeks to and including eyes jet black; top of 

 head and back of eyes pale gray ; nape and space between shoulders 

 chestnut; lower part of back and rump seal brown in the center, 

 grading to chestnut on the edges; band across middle of back and 

 encircling the dark patch and sides buff ; under parts blackish chest- 

 nut with a small white spot on throat; legs and feet black; tail, basal 

 half buff, remainder black; ears chestnut with broad buff edging. 



Measurements. Total length, 850; tail vertebras, 205; hind foot, 

 165; ear, 53. 



1015. Gulo hylaeus Elliot. 



Gulo hylceus Elliot, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvm, 1905, p. 81. 

 MOUNT McKiNLEY WOLVERINE. 



Type locality. Upper waters of Sushitna River, region of Mount 

 McKinley, Alaska. No. 9883, Field Columbian Mus., Chicago. 



Genl. Char. Type : General color very dark ; no buff hue on body ; 

 or gray on head anywhere visible. Skull compared with that of 

 specimens from New Brunswick, Canada, is narrower, especially at 

 intertemporal region, also at postorbital constriction and posterior 

 region of braincase ; and the zygomatic width is less ; but the audital 

 bullas are nearly twice as large, and swollen greatly on their inner 

 margin, whereas those of the Canadian animal are much flattened 

 and small in size. 



Color. Head, throat, sides of neck, and body, and base of tail 

 chestnut; hind part of neck, back, under parts, legs, and feet black; 

 chest spotted or blotched with white or orange, and orange spot on 

 anal region; nose darker chestnut than head; tail, except at base, 

 black. 



Measurements. Skull: Total length, 157; Hensel, 133; zygomatic 

 width, 104; intertemporal width, 47; postorbital constriction, 32; 

 palatal length, 75; greatest width of braincase, 67.5; mastoid width, 

 89; post-palatal length, 57; length of nasals, 21 ; length of upper pre- 

 molar and molar series, 41 ; length of mandible, 101 ; height of coronoid 

 process above angle, 35; length of lower premolar and molar series 

 54; length of lower carnassial, alveolar border, 21. 



