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CARNIVORA 



400 mru., condylobasal length of skull ranging about from 57 

 to 65 mm. 



Colour. — Back, sides and underparts a rich glossy dai-k brown, 

 neai'ly the mars-brown of Ridgway, the hairs of underfur between 

 hair-brown and mars-brown, darker at tips than at base, the longer 

 hairs raw-umber, showing a faint greyish cast in certain lights ; 

 head slightly darker than back, especially on region in front of 

 eyes ; interramia and lips to level of middle of muzzle pad whitish ; 

 feet sepia ; tail similar to body, but becoming blackish at tip. 



Fig. 83. 

 Mustela lutreola. Nat. size. 



Skull. — The skull is about as lai*ge as in females of Mustela 

 putorius. In form it is narrower and less deepened than in 

 M. putorius, especially in interorbital region, the dorsal profile 



