4'J4 PUTORIUS. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern North America through Canada north to 

 the Arrtir Sea east of Hudson Bay. In United States north of Gulf 

 States to eastern boundary of the Pacific coast . 



a. l'u iuri ii x rixoii turn xt i-i s (Preble). 



Lutreola vison lacnstris Preble, N. Am. Faun., No. 22, 1902, p. 66. 

 KEK \VATIN MINK. 



Type locality. Echimamish River, Krrxvatin. Canada. 



Genl. Char. Similar to P. risen, but larger; skull more angular; 

 sagittal crest highly developed; zygomata greatly bowed outward; 

 bullae large, flat, inner anterior corner produced toward pterygoids, 

 terminating in acute angle. 



Color. Above dark chocolate brown ; beneath lighter ; chin and 

 narrow stripe to breast white ; also some white between hind legs. 



Mc'isnremcnls. Total length, 560; tail vertebrae, 190; hind foot, 

 67. *Skull: average 10 adults. Occipito-nasal length, 62.5; zygo- 

 matic breadth, 41.25; interorbital constriction, 11.9; width across 

 postorbital processes, 18.25; mastoid breadth, 36. 



It. 1'ntoriiix rixim mloirn <Jux (Bangs). 



Putorius (Lutreola) vnl^ii-a^ns Bangs, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 



1895, p. 536. 



1'nteriits risen ritl^ird^ns Elliot. Syn. X. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



I'uli., ii, 1901, p. 340. Zool. Ser. 

 RA.MBLIM; MINK. 



Type lot til it y. Burbridge, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. 



Geogr. Distr. Shores of the Gulf of Mexico from Texas to Florida 

 and probably on the Atlantic coasl of Georgia and South Carolina. 



C. I'ntnriitx rixoii fiirr^n nicniix Hangs. 



Putorius vison cncrgnniciit's Hangs. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 



1896, p. 5. 



Putorius risen cncr^nnicnns Elliot, Syn. X. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



I'ub.. ii, njoi, p. 340. Zool. Ser. 

 DEVI i.i -ii MIVK. 



/ v/\- Idi'iility. Sumas, British Columbia. Canada. 

 '/'.->'/ l>i^ti. I'ai-ilic slojn- from nortlu-rn California to Alaska. 

 //. 1'iilnrinx rixnit inoriix (Osgood). 



Lntn-ola ;'/>';/ in^cn* Osgood. X. Am. Faun.. Xo. KJ, 1900, \<. 4.2. 

 I'lttorins risen in^cns ICllii.t. Syn. X. Am Mamm., I : . C. M. Pub., 



ii, igoi, p. 340. Zool. Ser. 

 C, I- MI\K. 



Type let iility. Fort ^'uk^'n. Alaska. 

 Geogr. />istr. Region of the River Yukon. Alaska. 



