264 NORTH AMERICAN MUSTELID^. 



Taxidea amerieana, Beard, M. N. A. 1857, 202, pi. 39, f. 2.—Xewb. P. R R. Rep, vi. 1857, 45- 

 (habits).— Coo^;*. X. H. W. T. 1860, 11.— Suckle y, ibid. 94.— Sttckley <£ Gibbs, ibid. 117.— 

 Hnyd. Trans. Am. Philoa. Soc. xii. 1862, 134 (Upper Missouri country).— G^irti/, P. Z. S. 

 1865, 141 ; Cat. Cam. Br. Mus. 1869, —.—Coop. Am. Nat. ii. 1868, 529 (Montana).— /Sfc??. 

 IT. S. Geol. Surv. Terr, for 1870, 1871, 461.— ^Zim, Pr. Bost. Soc. X. H. xiii. 1869 (published 

 February, 1870), 183 (Iowa, still numerous) ; Bull. Ess. Inst. vi. 1874, 46 (Kansas), 54 

 (Colorado), 59 (Wyoming), 63 (Utah) ; Pr.Bost. Soc. xvii. 1874, 38.— Ames, Bull. Minn. 

 Acad. Xat. Sci. 1874, 69 (Minnesota).— Cottcs <£• Yarrow, Zool. Expl. "W. 100 Merid. v. 

 1875, 63.— Allen, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. Terr. vol. ii. no. 4, 1875, 330 (skull). 



Irsus labradoriUS, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, 102, n. l.—Kerr, S. N. i. 1792, IBl.-Shaiv, G. Z. i. 1800, 

 469, pi. 106.— Turt. S. X. i. 1806, 63. • 



Meles labradoria, Meyer, "Zool. Arch. ii. 1796, 45."— J'. Sab. App. Franklin's Joum. 1823, 649 

 (compared with European).— B^arL En. Amer. 1825, bl.—Grif. An. Kingd. v. 1827, 116 

 C'lnbradonca").—Less. Man. i. 1827,141, no, 372 {''labradorica'').—Fisch. Syn. 1829, 

 Ibl.-llich. E. B. A, i. 1829, 37, no. 12, pi. 2.—Godm. Am, K"at. Hist. i. 1831, 119.— Rich. 

 Zool. Beechey's Yoy. 1839, 4.— Wagn. Suppl, Schreb. ii. 1841, 182.— De Eay, X. Y. Zool. i, 

 1842, 21.—Schinz, Syn, i, 1844, 315 (''labradorus'').—Aud. d- Bach. Q. N. A. i. 1849, 360, 

 pi. 41.— Bd. Stansbury's Rep. 1852, 311.— ^enn. Tr. Illinois Agric. Soc. for 1853-4, 

 1855, 518.— Giebel, Saug. 1855. 761 C'labradorius''').—B:all, Canad. Xat. and Geol. vi. 

 1861, 294 C'labradaricus").— Maxim. Arch. Naturg. 1861, — ; Yerz. Saug, 1862, 33. 



Taxiis labradoricus. Say, Long's Exp. i. 1823, 261, 369. 



Taxidea labradoria, H. Smith, Xat. Lib. xiii. 1842, 210.— Gray, List Mamm. Br. Mus. 1843, 

 10.— Bnird, ^l. X. A. 1857, 745 (expl. of pis.).— Gov. Cat. Bones Br. Mus. 1862, 99. 



? Taxidea labradoria, Waterh. P. Z. S. vi. 1838, 154; Tr, Z. S. ii. 1841, 343, pi. 59 (may be the 

 other subi^pecies), 



Meles jeft'ersonil, Harl. En. Amer. 1825, 309 (based on Lewis and Clarke). 



American Bada:er, Penn. Syn. Quad. 1771, 202, no, 143; Hist. Quad. ii. 1781, 15, no. 298 b.— 

 Erxl. Syst. i. 1777, 164 (in text).— And of authors generally. 



Common Badger, Penn. Arct. Zool. i. 1784, 71, no. 23 (in part; includes the European). 



Blaireau dWnierique, "J". Cuv. Hist. Xat. Mamm. ' 



Blaireau du Labrador, iess. Z. c 



Anierikanische Dachs, Schinz, I. c. (Bachs, cf. Martens, Zool. Gart. xi. 1870, 251, philological). 



Braro, Lewis <£ Clarice, Trav. Allen's ed. ii. 1814, 177; Reessed. 4to, 471 ; Rees's ed. 8vo, iii. 

 40 (also called "badger" pr/ssim in this work; rendered "blaireau" in theMcYickar 

 ed. ii. 349; basis of Meles jeffersonii, Harlan). 



Prarow, " Gass's Journ, p, 34.'"— (Richardson.) 



Brairo or lacyotl. Gray, List Mamm. Br. Mus. 1843, 70, 



Braibo or lacyotl, Gerr. I. c. 



Carcajou, Buff. "Hist. Xat. Suppl. iii. 242, pi. 49" (cf. Desm., Mamm. i. 1820, 173; Ency. pi. 

 38, f. 2). 



Carcajou on Blaireau americain, F. Cuv. Suppl. Buff, i, 1831, 267. 



Carltajou ou Blaireau d'Amerique, Genais, Proc. Yerb. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1842, 30. 



Brairo et Siffleur, French Canadians. 



Nannaspachje-neeskjeshew, Mistonusk, Awawteekseoo, Oree Indians (Richardson), 



Hab. — United States, from Wisconsin, Iowa, and Texas westward. Brit- 

 ish America, east to Hudson's Bay at least, north to 58°. Replaced near the 

 Mexican border by var. hei-landkri, which extends into Mexico. Formerly 

 further east (Michigan, Indiana, Illinois), " Ohio, near Toledo, about ^O' 

 years since ; now extinct" (Edw. Orton, iii ejnst.). 



Specific characters. — Top of head darker than other upper parts, with 

 a median white stripe ; sides of head below the eyes, and its under surface, 

 "white, with a dark patch before the ear ; limbs blackish ; body-coloration 

 above a grizzle of blackish with white, gray, or tawny, or all of these ; be- 

 low uniform whitish, shaded or not with gray or tawny. Length about 24 

 inches to root of tail ; tail 6 ; head 5.| ; longest fore claw 1^. 



