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species on the Pacific slope. Typical form restricted to Alleghanian 

 specimens. 



a. Mustela canadensis paciflca Rhoads. 



Mustela canadensis pacifica Rhoads, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc, 1898, 



P- 435- 

 Mustela pennanti pacifica Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., II, 1901, p. 337. Zool. Ser. 

 Pacific Fisher. 



Type locality. Lake Kichelos, Kittitas County, Washington. 

 Altitude, 8,000 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. Pacific slope, California to Alaska. 



Genus 130. Putorius. Mink, Weasels. 

 Putorius Frisch., Nat. Syst. vierfiiss. Thiere, in Tab., 11, Tab. Gen., 



1775- Type Mustela putorius Linnaeus. 

 Arctogale Kaup (nee Peters), Entw.-Gesch. Nat. Syst. der Europ. 



Thierw., i, 1829, p. 30. 

 Ictis Kaup, Entw.-Gesch. Nat. Syst. der Europ. Thierw., i, 1829, 



p. 40. 

 Gale Wagn., Schreb. Saugth., Suppl., 11, 1841, p. 234. 

 Lutreola Wagn., Schreb. Saugth., Suppl., 11, 1841, p. 239. 

 Vison Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, p. 64. 

 Neogale Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1865, p. 114. 

 Cynomyonax {sic) Coues, Fur-bear. Anim., 1877, p. 147. 



Subgenus A. Lutreola. Mink. 

 1025. Putorius vison (Schreber). 



Mustela lutreola Forst., Phil. Trans., lxii, 1772, p. 371. (nee Linn.) 

 Mustela canadensis Erxl., Syst. Reg. Anim., i, 1777, p. 455. (nee 



M. I. canadensis of Schreber.) 

 Mustela vison Schreber, Saugth., in, 1777, p. 463, 

 Mustela winingus Barton, Am. Philos. Trans., vi, 1809, p. 70. 

 Mustela minx Ord, Guthrie's Geogr., 2d Am. ed., 11, 1815, p. 291. 

 Mustela lutreocephala Harlan, Faun. Amer., 1825, p. 63. 

 Putorius nigrescens Aud. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., iii, 1853, p. 104, 



pi. cxxiv. 

 Putorius vison Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 



1901, p. 338, fig. 67. Zool. Ser. 

 Putorius vison lutreocephalus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



Pub., II, 1901, p. 339. Zool. Ser. 

 Common Mink. 



Type locality. Eastern Canada. 



