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Louisiana Striped Skunk. Mephitis mesomelas viesomelas Lichtenstein. 

 Measurements. — Total length, 23 inches ; tail vertebrate, 9 inches ; hind' 

 foot, 2.5 inches. Sexes vary but little in size. 



Range. — West side of Mississippi Valley from southern Louisiana to 

 Missomi; westward along the coast of Texas to Matagorda Island; 

 and up the Red River Valley as far at least as Wichita Falls 

 (Howell). 



Description. — Small in size, variable in color, Howell finds; tail short 

 usually entirely black; white stripes may or may not reach to tail. 

 Not much difference in size between sexes. 



POX 



Gray Fox. Urocjon cinereoargenteus floridanus Rhoads. 



Measurements. — Total length, 36 inches; tail vertebrate, 10.5 inches; 

 hind foot, 5 inches. 



Range. — Found from Florida west to eastern Texas, according to An- 

 thony. Whether we have in Louisiana, in the northern part of the 

 state, of course, the typical U. c. cinereoargenteus remains to be 

 proved. 



Description. — The Gulf coast gray fox is described by Anthony as 

 being smaller than the typical eastern species, with harsher pelage 

 and shorter ears, tail and hind foot, the underparts are fulvous. 

 The eastern form, whose southern limits meet the northern range 

 of floridanus, is given a length of 40 inches; tail vertebrate, 12 

 inches ; hind foot, 5 inches. Sixes should average same size. 



WOLF 



Gray Wolf. Canis floridanus Mi.ler. 



Measurements. — Total length, males 64 inches, females 56 inches; tail 



vertebrate, maleo 16 inches, females 12 inches; hind foot, males 



and females, 10 inches. 

 Range. — Found in Florida; limits of range unknown (Anthony). 



Description.- — Our wolf is identified as C. floridanus on the authority of 

 Dr. Hartley H. T. Jackson, U. S. Biological Survey, after an ex- 

 amination of two skulls from Beauregard j a is'i. Or Jackson points 

 out that his identification is only provision.. - .!. Uur wo f resembles 

 the eastern timber wolf, C. lyacon, in general cranial characters, 

 the pelage is a light buffy gray mixed with black on the upper- 

 parts ; rusty red on muzzle, legs and feet. There is also a black 

 phase, also typical of the wolf from Florida. See chapter on Wolf. 



WILD CAT 



Bay Lynx. Lynx ruff us floridanus (Rafiinehque). 



Measurements. — Total length, 39 inches; tail vertebrate, 7 inches; hind 



foot, 7.5 inches. Males average larger than females. 

 Range. — According to Anthony, this subspecies is found in Florida, north 



to Georgia, west to Louisiana. It has a uniform distribution 



throughout the state. 

 Description. — See chapter on Wild Cat. 



BEAVER 



Beaver. Castor canadensis carolinensis Rhodes. 



Measurements. — Total length, 45 inches; scaly portion of tail, 11 by 



6.3 inches; hind foot, 7.4 inches. 

 Range. — Given by Anthony as North Carolina, south to northern Florida 



and the Gulf of Mexico, west to eastern Texas. In Louisiana found 



