62 NORTH AMERICAN MUSTELID.E. 



The Pekan, or Peiiaiaiit's Iflarten. 



^Iiistela pennauti. 



Plate II. 



Mustela pennantii, Erxl. Syst. Au. 1777, 470, no. 10 (baseJ on the Fisher of Pennant: for 

 discussion of name, in question of priority over canadensis Schreber, cf. Bd. op. infra 

 fit. p. 151).— Zim?n. Geogr. Gesch. ii. 17S0, 310, no. 208.— J", Sab. Frank. Jonrn. 18-2.3, 

 651.— GriVf. Cuv. R. A. v. 1327, 125, no. 354. — Less. Man. 1827, 150, no. 405— Fisch. Syn. 

 Mam. 1829, 217.— Godm. Am. N. H. i. 1831, 203.— Bd. M. N. A. 1857, 149, pi. 36, f. 1.— 

 Xeicb. P. R. R. Rep. vi. 1857, 41.— Coop. <£ Suckl. N. H. W. T. 1860, 92, lU.—Ross, 

 Canad. Nat. vi. 1861, 24.— Gilpin, Tr. Nov. Scot. Inst. ii. 1870, 9, 59.— All. Ball. M. C. 

 Z. i. 1869, 161 (Mass.); Bull. Ess. Inst. vi. 1874, 54 (Colorado).— Am««, Bull. Minn. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. 1874, 69. 



Manes pennantii, Oray, P. Z. S. 18G5, 107; Cat. Carniv. Br. Mus. 1869, 85. 



Mustela canadensis, Schreb. Saug. iii. 1778, 492, pi. 134 (based on the Pekan of BofFon ; 

 not AT. canadensis of Erxl.. which is Patorins vison).—Zim,m. Geog. Gesch. il 1780, 309, 

 no. 207.— JBodd. Elench. An. i. 1784, B6.—Gm. S. N. i. 1788, 95.— Turt. S. N. i. 1806, 59 

 (not same name on p. 57, which is the American Otter). — Kuhl, Beitr. 1820, 74. — Desm. 

 Mamm. i. 1820, 183, no. 284 ; Ency. Meth. pi. 80, f. 4 ; Noav. Diet. xix. 379.— HarZ. Fn. 

 Amer. 1825, 65.— Less. Man. 1827, 149.— Grif. Cuv. R. A. v. 1827, 124, no. 353.— Fisch. 

 Syn. 1829, 216.— Rich. F. B. A. i. 1829, 52, no. lb.— Rich. Zocil. Voy. Blossom, 1839, 10*.— 

 Fr. Cuv. Diet. Sci. Nat. xix. 256.— Martin, P. Z. S. 1833, 97 (anat. ).—i?mmons. Rep. Quad. 

 Mass. 1840, 3Q.— Wagn. Suppl. Schreb. ii. 1841, 223.— De Kay, N. Y. Zool. i. 1842, 31, 

 pi. 13, f. 1 (skull). -^Mil (£• Bach. Q. N. A. i. 1849, 307, pi. 41.—DeKay, Fifth Ann. 

 Rep. Reg. Univ. N. T. 1852, 33, pi. (orig. fL^).—Thom.ps. N. H. Vermont, 1853, 32.— 

 Kenn. Trans. 111. State Agric. Soc. 1853-4, 578 (Illinois.)— S'neeJ. Proc. Boat. Soc. 

 vi. 1853, 41^.—Qiehel, Odontog. 36, pi. 12, f. 1; Siiug. 1855, 1'l3.—Maxim. Arch. Naturg. 



1861, 2i9.— Billings, Canad. Geol. and Nat. ii. 1857, 116.— Kneeland, Proc. Bost. Soc. vi. 

 1859, 418 (skeleton).— J3"aZ;, Canad. Nat. vi. 1861, 296.— Maxim. Yerz. N. A. Saug, 



1862, 43. 



Mustela canadensis var. alba, Rich. <>p. cit. 54 (""White Pekan"; albinism). 



Mustela (Martes) canadensis, Schinz. Syn. Mamm. i. 1844. 334. 



Martes canadensis. Gray, List Mamm. Br. Mus. 1843, 63.— Gerrard, Cat. Bones Br. Mus. 



1862, 91. 

 Vlverra canadensis, Sha%o, Gen. Zool. i. 1800, 429. 

 Mustela melanorhyncba, Bodd. Elench. An. 1784, 88, no. 13 (based on Fisher of Pennant).— 



Zimm. in Penn. Arkt. Zoiil. 1787, 85. 

 Ylverra piseatOP, Shaw, Gen. Zool. 1. 1800, 414 (based on Fisher of Pennant). 

 Mustela nigra, Turt. ed. L. S.N. i. 1806, 60 {= Fisher Weasel of Pennant). 

 Mustela godmani, Fisch. Syn. Mamm. 1829, 217.— Xes«. Mamm. 1842, 150. 

 Mustela piscatoria, Less. ?ilan. 1827, 150, no. 403 (< inotes pennanti Erxl. with query). 

 "Oulo castaneus et fcrrus\neu%, H. Smith. '—{J. F. Gray.) 

 Pekan, Oharlev. Nouv. France, iii. 1744, 134.— Baf. Hist. Nat. xiii, 1765, 304, pi. 42 (basis of 



M. canadensis Schreb.).- J?o»jw, Diet. d'Hist. Nat. iii. 1768, 40\. —Pekano, Scataglia, 



An. Quad. iv. 1775. pi. 155, f. 1 (ex Butfun).— Pefran, Penti. Syn. Quad. 1771, 2.34, no. 



159; Hist. Quad. 1781, no. 204; Arct. Zool. i. 1784, 78, no. 28 (apparently same as the 



animal of Brisson AndBuSon).— Pekan of French Canadian. {"Pecan" is also found.) 

 Pekan -marder, Maxim. I. c. 

 Fisher, Penn. Syn. Quad. 1771, 223, no. 157; Hist. Quad. 1781, 328, no. 202; Arct. Zool. i. 



1784, 82, no. 31 (basis of M. pennantii, Erxl.). — Fisher, American, Yulgo. 

 Marte-pecheur, Desm. op. cit. 184. 

 Pennant's Marten, Godm. op. et loc. cit. 



Wejack, Heame, Journ. . 378. (Also written Weejack.) 



Otcboek, Cree Indians (Richardson) = Ofschilik, Ojibwaya (Maxim.) — Wejack, Fur Traders — 



Woodshock, Anglic^. 

 Tba*Cb6, Chippewayans (Ross). 

 Black Fox, Black tat, Yulgo. 



Hab. — North America, approximately between 35^ and 65*^, in wooded 

 portions of the country. 



