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Map illustrating the supposed range of the New York Weasel (Putorius noveboracensis) in eastern 

 United States. 



Putorius longicauda spadix BANGS. 

 MINNESOTA LONG-TAILED WEASEL. 



Putorius longicauda spadix BANGS, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., X, 1896, p. 8. MILLER, 

 Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XXVIII, 1897, p. 44 (Ontario). 



Type locality Fort Snelling, Minnesota. 



Distribution Minnesota and western Wisconsin ; limits of range not 



known. Probably intergrades with P. longicauda in western 



Minnesota or eastern Dakota. 

 Description In summer: Upper parts brown, approaching the color 



of P. noveboracensis; under parts whitish tinged with pale saffron 



buff (quite different from the lemon yellow wash of noveboracensis) ; 



greater portion of fore and hind feet whitish like the under parts; 



chin and upper lip white; tail long, the black tip short, being less 



than one fourth length of tail ; skull somewhatrheavier and zygomata 



more widely expanded than in noveboracensis. 



In winter: White all over, without yellow tinge ; end of tail black ; 



some specimens occasionally show a slight yellowish wash on the tail. 



