THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 91 



Order Cx\rvNI VORA. 



Family CANID^. 



ALASKAN TIMBER WOLF. 



Canis pambastleus. 



Caiii'i pambanileus, Elliot, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. xviii. p. 79, 

 1905. 



The general colour varies from almost black to a mixture of 

 brownish black and white. No. 19. 7. 15. 5 is a very dark specimen, 

 the entire coat being a deep sooty black ; in No. 19. 7. 15. 4 the 

 coat is very much lighter in colour, more as in mibiJus*. 



Typical locality. Sushitna River, Mount McKinley, Alaska. 



444-445 —19.7.15.4-5. Skins, mounted. 1906. South fork of 

 MacMillan Kivei-, Yukon Territory. 



Family MUSTELID^. 



^ubf:imily LXTTRIN^. 

 OTTER. 



LUTKA LUTEA. 



Mustela Inira, Linu. Sy.st. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i. p. 45, 1758; ed. 12, vol. i. 



p. 6C, 1766. 

 Lutra vnhjdris, Ersleben, Syst. Regn. Anim. vol. i. p. 448, 1777. 

 Lutra Intra, Lataste, Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, vol. xxxviii. p. 34, 1884. 



446 -19. 7. 15. 12 (female). Skin, mounted. August, 1894. Loch 



Spelvie, near Lochbuie, Isle of Mull. 



* Caniti niihilun, Say, Long's Exped. Eocky Mountains, English ed. vol. i. 

 pp. 155 and 333, 1823 ; Amer. ed. vol. i. p. 169, 1823. 



