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Mustela erminea polaris (Barrett-Hamilton) 



1904. Putorius arcticus polaris Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 



7, vol. 13, p. 393, May 1904. 

 1945. Mustela erminea polaris Hall, Journ. Mamm., vol. 26, No. 2 (May), 



p. 179, July 13, 1945. 

 Type Locality. — Gap Valley, l 1 /^ miles northeast of Cape Brevoort, lat. 82° 

 N., long. 59°20' W., northwestern Greenland. Range. — North coast of Green- 

 land and east coast as far south as Turner Sound (between lat. 69° and 70° N.) 

 (Hall, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 4, p. 103, Dec. 27, 1951). 



Mustela erminea semplei Sutton and Hamilton* 



1932. Mustela arctica semplei Sutton and Hamilton, Ann. Carnegie Mus.. 



vol. 21, p. 79, Feb. 13, 1932. 

 1935. Mustela arctica labiala Degerb0l, in Degerb0l and Freuchen, Mammals. 

 in Rep. Fifth Thule Exped. 1921-1924, Danish Exped. to Arctic North 

 America, vol. 2, Nos. 4-5, pt. 1, p. 25. (Malugsitaq, Melville Peninsula. 

 Franklin District, Canada.) 

 1945. Mustela erminea semplei Hall, Journ. Mamm., vol. 26, No. 2 (May). 



p. 179, July 13, 1945. 

 Type Locality. — Coral Inlet, South Bay, Southampton Island, Hudson Bay, 

 Keewatin District, Canada. Range. — Baffin and Southampton islands, Melville 

 Peninsula and west side of Hudson Bay as far south as Eskimo Point (Hall, Univ. 

 Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 4, p. 106, Dec. 27, 1951) . 



Mustela erminea kadiacensis (Merriam) f * 



1896. Putorius arcticus kadiacensis Merriam, North Amer. Fauna No. 11, p. 16, 



June 30, 1896. 

 1945. Mustela erminea kadiacensis Hall, Journ. Mamm., vol. 26, No. 2 (May) , 



p. 179, July 13, 1945. 

 Type Locality. — Kodiak Island, Alaska. Range. — Kodiak Island. 



Mustela erminea richardsonii Bonaparte* 



1838. Mustela richardsonii Bonaparte, Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 2, p. 38, January 



1838. 

 1903. Putorius microtis J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 19, p. 563, 



Oct. 10, 1903. (Shesley, British Columbia.) 

 1904 Putorius arcticus imperii Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 



vol. 13, p. 392, May 1904. (Fort Simpson, Mackenzie, Canada. See Preble, 



North Amer. Fauna No. 27, p. 232, Oct. 26, 1908.) 



1912. Mustela cicognanii richardsonii Miller, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 79, p. 95, 

 Dec. 31, 1912. 



1913. Mustela cicognanii mortigena Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 54, 

 p. 511, July 1913. (Bay St. George, Newfoundland.) 



1945. Mustela erminea richardsonii Hall, Journ. Mamm., vol. 26, No. 1, p. 77, 

 Feb. 27, 1945. 



Type Locality. — Fort Franklin, Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie District, Canada. 

 Range. — Hudsonian timber belt from southern Yukon, central Mackenzie, Great 

 Bear and Great Slave Lakes, east to Hudson Bay at about lat. 60° N., coasts of 

 Hudson and James Bays, Ungava and Labrador coast, east to Newfoundland, 

 Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, south to central Quebec, central Ontario, cen- 



