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CHAPTER I 



/. typ. 

 Eurasian taiga. 



CANIS LUPUS L. 



(Gray Wolf) 



sbsp. albus Kerr 

 Eurasian tundra. 



sbsp. hattai Kish. 

 Sakh., ? Kuril. 



Several more southern sbspp. 



FELIS (lynx) lynx I>. 



(Lynx) 



/■ typ. sbsp. icrangeli sbsp. canadensis 



Ognev Kerri 



Eur.-Yenisei. Sib. E of Yenisei. Alas.-Labr., Nov, 



Scot. 

 4 more southern sbspp. 



Many sbspp. 

 Alas.-Labr., arct. 

 isl., N Greenl., in 

 the mts. S to Mex. 



sbsp. subsolanus 



Bangs! 



Nfld. 



GULO GULO L. 



(Wolverine; Glutton) 



/• typ. 

 Scand.-Ussuri, Sakhalin. 



sbsp. luscus L. (incl. 3 forms) 

 Alas.-Labr., arct. isl., S to Color. 



3 sbspp. 

 Brit. Isl. 

 sbsp. arctica Merr. 



MUSTELA ERMINEA L. 



(Ermine; Shorttail Weasel; Stoat) 



/. typ. many sbspp. sbsp. orientalis 



Ognev 

 Fennoscand. N Asia. NE Sib., Jap., Sak- 



hal., Kuril, 

 sbsp. richardsoni Bonap. (and several 

 other forms) 

 Huds. B.-Labr., Nov. Scot., Nfld. 



? Kamch.; Alas., N Can. W of Huds. B., 

 arct. isl. E to Ellesmere Isl., N & NE 

 Greenl. 



/• typ. 

 Main part of Eur. 



MUSTELA NIVALIS L. 



(Least Weasel) 



sbsp. pygmaea sbsp. namiyei Kur. 



Allen 



E Sib., Mong., N Jap., Kuril. 



Manch. 



Several more southern sbspp. 



sbsp. rixosa Bangs^ 

 (incl. 3 forms) 

 Alas.-S Labr. 



Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (195 1. P- 49), who themselves refer these forms, as well as 

 europaeiis and lapponicus, to caecutiens Laxm. Burt & Grossenheider (1952) think that 

 arcticus and tundrensis are of the same species. If so, the former name has priority. 

 ^ Usually regarded as distinct species. 



