87 



2. PUTORIUS. 



Skull short, ventricosc ; teeth 34, false grinders -| ; the uj^per 

 tubercular grinder small, transverse, scarcely larger on the inner 

 than on the outer side ; head short, ovate ; feet hairy, space between 

 the pads very hairy ; body stout ; underside blaclcish. 



Putorius, Cuvier ; Gray, Cat. M. B. M. xx. p. 04 ; P. Z. S. 1865, 



p. 108. 

 Foetorius, Keys, fy Bl<ts. 

 Mustela putorius, Nilsson, Skarul. Fauna, p. 147. 



* Back uniform. 



1 . Putorius foetidus. (Polecat.) B.M. 



Fur harsh, rigid, brown ; skull scarcely contracted behind the 

 orbits ; orbits small ; feet and tail black ; mouth and ears whitish. 



Mustela putorius, Linn. S. N. p. 167; Balhs, Zooyr. i. p. 37; Nilsson, 



Skand. Faun. p. 148 ; Ilium. Fiy. t. 30 ; Blainv. Oste'oyr. Mustela, 



t. 4 (skeleton), t. 7 (skull), t. 13 (teeth). 

 Mustela foetida, Klein. 

 Putorius typus, F. Cuvier. 

 Putorius communis, Cuvier, B. A. 

 Putorius vulgaris, Grai/ ; Owen, Brit. Foss. Mamm. p. 122, f. 38, 39 



(skull). 

 Putorius fffitidus, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 64 ; P. Z. S. 1865, 



p. 108. 

 Fitchet Weasel, Penn. B. Z. p. 136. 



Var. 1. furo. More or less albino ; eyes red. 



Mustela furo, Linn. 



Furet, Buff. IL N. vii. t. 26, 27, 28, 29. 



Yar. 2. suhfuro, Polecat-Ferret. Yellow ; the legs, tail, toes, and 

 tips of the hairs black ; head white. Bred from two yellow Ferrets. 

 {ISaffroii Wahlcii Museum.) 



Le Furet putoire, Buff. IL N. Supp. t. 27. 



The skulls vary considerably in the width and depression of the 

 brain -case ; but they are never suddenly contracted in front behind 

 the orbit, as the slcull of F. Eversmannii. 



2. Putorius Eversmannii. B.M. 



Fur soft, black-brown, in winter whitish or yellowish, hairs of 

 back black-tipped ; limbs short ; the thighs and end of the tail black ; 

 the skull broad ; brain-case suddenly and strongly contracted in front 

 behind the orbits ; orbits large. 



Mustela putorius, var., Pall. Z. R.-A. p. 80. 

 Mustela Eversmannii, Less. Man.; Xordm. Faun. Pont. p. 16. 

 Mustela putorius, vai\ .<ibirica, Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 

 Mustela putorius, Blyth, J. A. 6'. B. xi. p. 281. 



