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Canis [Vulpes] virginianus Rich., Faun. Bor. Am., I, 96, 1S29. 



Vtdpes virginianus Dekay, New York Fauna, I, 45, pi. vii, fig. 2, 1842. — 



Am. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., T, 162, pi. xxi, 1849. 

 Vidpes ( Urocyon) virginianus Baird, Mam. X. Am., 138, 1857. 



Common. 



MUSTELID^J. 



5. Putorius lutreolus Cuvier. Mink. 



Mustda lutreola Linn., Syst Nat., 66, 1766. 



Putorius lutreolus Crv., Reg. Anim., I, 14S, 1817. — Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. 



Zoiil., I, 175, October, 1869. 

 Putorius vison Gapper, Zool. Journ., V, 202, 1830. 

 Putorius nigrescens Aud. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., Ill, 104, pi. cxxiv, 1853. 



"Not common." — Boardman. I did not meet with it. It is well 

 known to be common, however, in the adjoining States. Audubon and 

 Bachman speak of it as being very numerous in the rice-fields of South 



Carolina 



6. Lutra canadensis Sabine. Otter. 



Abundant. Its fur, however, is of little value, compared with that 

 of northern specimens, and the animal is hence not much hunted. 



7. Mephitis mephitica Baird. Common Skunk. 



Viverra mephitica Shaw, Mus. Lever., 172, 1792. — Ibid., Gen, Zool., I, 390, 



1809. 

 Mephitis chinga Tiedem., Zool., 362, 1S08. 

 Mustela (Mephitis) americana Desm., Marnm., I, 1S6, 1820. 

 Mustela varians Gray, Charlesw. Mag. Nat Hist., I, 581, 1837. 

 " Mustela mesomelas Licht., Darst. Saugeth., I, fig. 2." — Geoff. St. Hil., Vov. 



de la Venus, Zool., I, 133, 1855. — Max. zu Wied, Archiv fur Natorgesch., 



XXVII, 218, 1861. — Baird, Mam. X. Am., 199, 1S57. 

 Mephitis macroura Aud. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., Ill, 11, 1853. 

 Mephitis mephitica Baird, Mam. X. Amer., 195, 1857. — Allen, Bull. Mus. 



Com. Zool., I, 178, October, 1869. 

 Mephitis occidentalis Baird, Mam. N. Amer., 194, 1857. 



Common on the Lower St. John's, but, according to Mr. Maynard, 

 quite unknown on the Indian River. 



8. Mephitis bieolor Gray. Little Striped Skunk. 

 Mephitis bieolor Gray, Charlesw. Mag. Xat. Hist., I, 5S1, 1837. — Baird, 



Mam. X. Amer., 196, 1857. 

 Mephitis zorilla Liciit., Abhand. Ak.id. Wiss. Berlin, for 1836, 281, 1838. — 



Aud. & Bach., Quad. X. Amer., Ill, 276, 1854. 

 Mephitis interrupta Licht., Abhand. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, for 1836, 283, 1833. 



