galera. mustela. 419 



Allamand's Grison. 



Type locality. Unknown. Collection of the Zoological Society of 

 London. 



Geogr. Distr. Unknown. 



1017. Qalera canaster (Nelson). 



Galictis canaster Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, 1901, p. 129. 

 Grison canaster Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 526, figs. 100, Lxxiv. Zool. Ser. 

 Grizzled, or Nelson's Grison. 



Type locality. Tunkas, State of Yucatan, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. From Orizaba, State of Puebla, to Yucatan, Mexico. 



Genus 129. Mustela. Martens, or Sables. Fishers, 



Mustela Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 45; i, 1766, p. 66. Type Mws- 

 tela martes Linnasus. 



1018. Mustela americana Turton. 



Mustela martes Forst., Philos. Trans., 1772, p. 372. (nee Linn.) 



Mustela zihellina Pallas, Spicil. Zool., xiv, 1780?, p. 57. Id. Zoog. 

 Rosso-Asiat., i, 1831, p. 84. (nee Linn.) 



Mustela americanus Turton, Linn. Syst. Nat., i, 1806, p. 60. 



Mustela vidpina Rafin., Am. Journ. Scien., i, 1819, p. 82. 



Mustela leucopus Kuhl, Beitr., 1820, p. 74. 



Mustela huro F. Cuv., Diet. Scien. Nat., xxix, 1823, p. 256. 



Mustela americana Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1901, p. 334, fig. 66. Zool. Ser. 

 A.MERicAN Marten. Hudson Bay Sable. 



Type locality. Eastern North America. 



Geogr. Distr. Boreal North America, west to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, south to New York. 



a. Mustela ainericana ahieticola Preble. 



Mustela americana abieticola Preble, N. Am. Faun., No. 22, 1902, 

 p. 68. 

 Saskatchewan Marten. 



Type locality. Cumberland House, Saskatchewan, Canada. 



Genl. Char. Larger than M. americana; dentition heavier, except 

 last molar. 



Color. General color dark yellowish brown, darkest on dorsal 

 region; legs dark brown; tail dark brown, tip usually black; spot on 

 chest ochraceous; face and cheeks grayish brown, ears edged with 

 whitish. 



