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Family MUSTELID^. The Weasels. 



"" Enhydris lutris, (Linn^) De Kay. Sea Otter. 



North Pacific Oceau south to Lower Califoruia. 

 . Lutra canadensis, (Turton) F. Cuv. North American Otter. 

 North America generally; 

 Xiutra felina, Molina. Chiuchimen. 



California to Chili; (?) Alaska. 

 Ijutra brasiliensis, F. Cuvier. Soutli American Otter. 



Central and South America. 

 ^Mephitis mephitica, (Shaw) Baird. Common Skunk. 

 Hudson's Bay to Guatemala. 



Mephitis putorius, (Linu6) Cones. Little Striped Skunk. 



Carolinas northwestward to British Columbia, southwestward to 

 Guatemala. 



^ Mephitis macrurus, Licht. Long-tailed Mexican Skunk. 

 Mexico. 



Mephitis chileusis, F. Cuvier. Chilian Skunk. 



Costa Eica and southward through South America. 

 "- Conepatus mapurito, (Giuelin) Cones. White-backed Skunk. 



Southwestern border of the United States southward to Costa Rica. 

 Taxidea americana americana, (Boddaert). American Badger. 



Hudson's Bay to Mexico. 

 Taxidea americana Berlandieri, (Baird) Gray. Mexican Badger. 



Southwestern border of the United States southward. 



Gnlo luscus, (Linne) Sabine. Wolverine. 



Northern half of the United States to the Arctic Ocean, 



Galictis ba^bara. (Linnd) Franklin. Tayra. 



Mexico to La Plata. 



" Putorius vison, (Schreber) Gapper. American Mink. 

 All North America. 

 Putorius nigripes, A. &, B. American or Bluck-footed Ferret. 



Central region east of the Rocky Mountains. 



- Putorius vulgaris, Liun^. Least Weasel. 



Northern United States northward; Europe; Asia. 

 ' Putorius erminea, (Linne) Griffith. Ermine; Stoat. 



United States, except the Austroriparian and Sonoran regions, north- 

 ward to the Arctic coast. 



^ Putorius la ugicauda, (Bp.) Rich. Long-tailed Weasel. 



Central and Sonoran regions northward. 

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