24 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



FERAE. FISSIPEDIA. 



CANIDAE. 



Vt. — Extirpated in past century. 



Mass. — Extirpated in past century. 



Conn.— Extirpated. Bridgeport (1840); Newtown (1832). 



MUSTELIDAE. 



60. LuTRA CANADENSIS (Sclireber.) Sabine. 



Otter. 

 Mustela Intra canadensis Schr., Siiugthiere, 1776, pi. 126 B. 



" NORDAMERICA." 



Lutra hiulsonicd Lacep^de. Rhoads, Trans. Amer. philos. soc, 

 n. s., 1898, vol. 19, p. 424-427, pi. 24, fig. 1-2. 



Lutra canadensis Schr. Stone & Cram, Amer. animals, 

 1902, p. 219-223, 1 pi. 



Streams and lakes, and along the seashore. 

 Me. to Conn. 



61. Mephitis putida (G. Cuvier.) Allen. 



Eastern skunk. 



Mustela putida G. Cuv., Tabl. elera. de I'hist. nat. des anim., 

 1798, p. 116. " De l'Amerique septentrionale." 



Chincha putida (Boitard). Howell, North Amer. fauna, 1901, 

 no. 20, p. 25-27, pi. 1, fig. 1 ; pi. 5, fig. 3-4. 



Mephitis putida (Cuvier). Stone & Cram, Amer. animals, 

 1902, p. 224-229, 1 pi. 



Open woodlands and rural districts. 

 Me. to Conn. 



62. GuLO Luscus (Linne.) Sabine. 



Wolverine ; Indian devil. 



Ursus licscus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 47. " ad 



SINUM HUDSONIS." 



