NORTH AMERICAN LAND MAMMALS. 95 



Genus MUSTELA Linnaeus. ' 



1758. Mustela Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 45. Type, 

 Mustela erminea LiNNiEUS. (See Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1911, p. 138, March, 1911.) 



Subgenus Mustela Linuseus. 



1829. Ictis Kaup, Skizzirte Entw.-Geseh. u. naiiirl vSyst. europ. 

 Thienv., p. 40. Type, Mustela vulgaris = 21. nivalis hii^i<!MVS. 



* Mustela cicognanii cicognanii Bonaparte. 



1838. Mustda cicognanii Bonaparte, Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., vol. 2, p. 37. January, 1838. 



1885. Putorius vulgaris True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol 7 

 (1884), p. 609. 1885. (Part.) 



1896. Putorius ricTiardsoni cicognani Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Washington, vol. 10, p. 18. February 25, 1896. 



Type Locality. — Northeastern North America. 



Range. — Boreal forest covered parts of North America from 

 New England and Labrador to coast of southeastern Alaska 

 (Juneau, Wrangel, and Loring), and south in the Rocky 

 Mountains to Colorado (Silverton). It occurs in the interior 

 of British Columbia (at Sicamous), but in the Puget Sound 

 region is replaced by a smaller and darker form, P. streatori. 

 In the United States it is common in New England and New 

 York, and in the forest-covered parts of Minnesota. It prob- 

 ably occurs also in northern Michigan and Wisconsin. 



*Mustela cicognanii richardsonii (Bonaparte). 



1838. Mustela richardsonii Bonaparte, Charlesworth's Mag. 



Nat. Hist., vol. 2, p. 38. January, 1838. 

 1896. Putorius ricTiardsoni Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



vol. 10, p. 16. February 25, 1896. 

 1896. Putorius cicognani ricTiardsoni Merriam, North Amer. 



Fauna, No. 11, p. 11. June 30, 1896. 

 1904. Putorius arcticus imperii Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and 



Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 13, p. 392. May, 1904. Fort 



Simpson, Mackenzie. (See Preble, North Amer. Fauna, No. 



27, p. 232, October 26, 1908.) 

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



Canada. 

 Range. — Hudsonian timber belt from Hudson Bay to interior of 



Alaska and British Columbia. 



1 Revised (under the name Putorius) by Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, No. 11, pp. 9-33, June 30, 1896. 



