LEAST WEASEL, Mustela rixosa 



(Naulayuk) 





Range. — Northern North America south to 

 Nebraska and North Carolina. 



Hahitat. — Open woods and brush; apparently 

 rare everywhere, except on Arctic Slope tundra 

 during times of high microtme populations. 



Ra-ce in Ahska. — The only race occurring in 

 Alaska is eskimo (type locality: Point Barrow), 

 refjorted from widely separated localities on the 

 mainland and in adjacent Yukon Territory. 



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