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*Mustela vison melampeplus (Elliot). 



1903. Putorius vison melampeplus Elliot, Field Columb, Mus., 



publ. 74, zool. ser. 3, p. 170. April, 1903. 

 1912. Mustela vison melampeplus Miller, North Amer. Land 



Mamm. 1911, p. 102. December, 31 1912. 

 Type Locality. — Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 

 Range. — Kenai Peninsula and Cook Inlet region, Alaska. 



t*Mustela vison ingens (Osgood). 



1900. Lutreola vison ingens Osgood, North Amer. Faima, No. 

 19, p. 42. October 6, 1900. 



1912. Mustela vison ingens AIiller, North Amer. Land Mamm. 

 1911, p. 101. December 31, 1912. 



Type Locality. — Fort Yukon, Alaska. 



Range. — Northern, western, and central Alaska; northern 

 Yukon and northwestern Mackenzie; south to the Alaska 

 Peninsula and to Fort Good Hope, Mackenzie ; east to Ander- 

 son River. 



t*Mustela macrodon (Prentiss). 



1903. Lutreola macrodon Prentiss, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 26, p. 887. July 6, 1903. 



1911. Lutreola vison antiquus Loomis, Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. 31, 

 p. 228. March, 1911. (Flagg Island, Casco Bay, Maine.) 



1912. Mustela macrodon Miller, North Amer. Land Mamm. 

 1911, p. 101. December 31, 1912. 



Type Locality. — Shellheaps at Brooklin, Hancock County, 

 Maine. 



At present known from skeletal remains only; according to Hardy (Forest 

 and Stream, vol. 61, p. 125, August 15, 1903) the animal became extinct about 

 the year 1860. 



Subgenus PUTORIUS Cuvier.<« 



1817. Putorius Cuvier, Regne Animal, vol. 1, p. 147. Type, 

 Mustela putorius Linn^us. 



*Mustela nigripes (Audubon and Bachman). (Black-footed Ferret). 

 1851. Putorius nigripes Audubon and Bachman, Quadr. N. 



^imer., vol. 2, p. 297. 

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



(1884), p. 609. 1885. 

 1912. Mustela nigripes Miller, North Amer. Land Mamm. 1911. 



p. 102. December 31, 1912. 

 Type Locality. — Fort Laramie, Laramie County, Wyoming, 



(See Hayden, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc, n. s., vol. 12, p. 138, 



1862.) 

 Range. — Great Plains, from western North Dakota and northern 



Montana to Texas; not kno^vn west of eastern base of Rocky 



Mountains. 



« Revised by Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, No. 11, pp. 7-9, June 30, 1890. 



