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Subgenus MUSTELA Linnseus. (Weasels.) 



*Mustela cicognanii cicognanii Bonaparte. 



1838. M[ustela] cigognanii [sic] 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.) 



1891. [Putorius] cicognani Mearns, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., vol. 3, p. 235. June 5, 1891. 



1912. Mustela cicognanii cicognanii Miller, North Amer. 

 Land Mamm. 1911, p. 95. December 31, 1912. 



Type Locality. — Northeastern North America. 



Range. — Boreal forest covered parts of North America from New 

 Eno-land and Labrador to coast of southeastern Alaska 

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

 Mountains. 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. streaiori. In the United States 

 it is common in New England and New York, and in the 

 forest-covered parts of Minnesota. It probably 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 richardsoni Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



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

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



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



Simpson, Mackenzie, Canada. (See Preble, North Amer. 



Fauna, No. 27, p. 232, October 26, 1908.) 



1912. Mustela cicognanii richardsonii Miller, North Amer. 

 Land Mamm. 1911, p. 95. December 31, 1912. 



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



Canada. 

 Range. — Hudsonian timber belt from Hudson Bay to interior 



of Alaska and British Columbia. 



*Mustela cicognanii mortigena Bangs. 



1913. Mustela cicognanii mortigena Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., vol. 54, p. 511. July, 1913. 



Type Locality. — Bay St. George, Newfoundland. 



t*Mustela cicognanii alascensis (Merriam). 



1896. Putorius richardsoni alascensis Merriam, North Amer. 



Fauna, No. 11, p. 12. June 30, 1896. 

 1912. Mustela cicognanii alascensis Miller, North Amer. 



Land Mamm. 1911, p. 96. December 31, 1912. 

 Type Locality. — Juneau, Alaska. 



