422 MUSTELA. 



tooth row, 25; length of mandible, 55; height at condyle, 26; length 

 of lower tooth row, 30. 



1022. Mustela atrata Bangs. 



Mustela atrata Bangs, Amer. Nat., xxxi, 1897, p. 162. Elliot, 

 Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 335. Zool. Ser. 

 Newfoundland Marten. 



Type locality. Bay St. George, Newfoundland. 

 Geogr. Distr. Newfoundland. 



1023. Mustela caurina Merriam. 



Mustela caurina Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 4, 1890, p. 27. 

 Mustela atrata caurina Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 335. Zool. Ser. 

 Pacific Marten. 



Type locality. Near Gray's Harbor, Chehalis County, Washington. 

 Geogr. Distr. Northwest coast of California to Puget Sound. 



a. Mustela caurina origenes Rhoads. 



Mustela caurina origenes Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 

 1902, p. 458. 

 Rocky Mountain Marten. 



Type locality. Marvine Mountain, Garfield County, Colorado. 



Geogr. Distr. Southern Rocky Mountain region ; new Mexico ? 



Color. Upper parts and sides wood brown; long hairs on dorsal 

 region and rump broccoli brown; gular patch extensive; buffy orange; 

 rest of under parts lighter than back; tail long, dark; ears edged with 

 ochraceous buff. 



Measurements. Total length, 676; tail vertebrae, 230; hind foot, 

 85. Skull: basal length, 65; zygomatic breadth, 41. 



1024. Mustela canadensis Schreber. 



Mustela canadensis Schreber, Saugth., iii. Text, p. 492, 1777, 

 pi. cxxiv, 1776. 



Mustela pennanti Erxl., Syst. Anim., 1777, p. 470. Elliot, Syn. 

 N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 337. Zool. Ser. 



Mustela melanorhyncha Bodd., Elench. Anim., 1784, p. 88. 



Viverra piscator Shaw, Gen. Zool., i, 1800, p. 414. 



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



Mustela godmani Fischer, Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 217. 

 Pennant's Fisher. 



Type locality. "New York and Pennsylvania." (Pennant.) 



Geogr. Distr. North America north of 35°, in forest-covered 

 country, east of the Cascade Mountains. Intergrading with the next 



