GULO. 283 



Vison lutreola, Gray List Mamm. B. M., p. 64 (1843). 



Putorius nigrescens, Audubon and Bachman Quad. North Amer., iii, p. 104 



(1853)*. 

 Vison lutreocephala, Gray P.Z.S.,p. 116(1865); \d. Cat. Cam. Mamm., p. g2- 

 Putorius lutreolus, Allen Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., i, p. 175 (1869). 



The Mink. 



JDi'sfn'duh'on.— North America generally; from the Arctic Ocean 

 to the southern part of the States. 



a. Skin ^ Ontario, Canada J. H. Gamier [Ex.] 



b. Skull N. Carolina Rev. F. Fitzgerald, A.S.B. 



c. Skull Upton, Maine, U. S. A. W. Theobald, 1868. 



Genus GULO. 

 Gulo, Siorr Prodr, Meth, Mamm., p. 34 (1780)*. 



Gulo luscus. 



Mustela gulo, Linnceus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 67 (1766). 



Ursus luscus, Linncsus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 71 (1766). 



Ursus gulo, Schreber Saugetk., iii, p. 525, pi. cxliv (1778). 



Gulo sibericus, Pallas Spic. Zool., xiv, p. 25 (1780). 



Meles luscus, Boddaert Elench. Anim., i, p. 80 (1784)*, 



Gulo borealis, Nilsson Ilium, fig. till Skand. Faun. (1829)*; Blasius Saugeth> 



Detitschl., p. 209; Gray Cat. Cam. Mam7n., p. 98. 

 Taxus gulo, Tiedemann Zool., i, p. 377 (1808). 

 Gulo arcticus, Desmarest Mamvi., i, p. 174 (1820). 

 Gulo luscus, Sabine Franklin's Journ., p. 650 (1823)* ; Blyth Cat. no. 192, 



p. 65 ; Coues Fur-bearing Animals of North America, p. 34. 



The Wolverene, 



Distribution. — Circumpolar, i.e., the northern parts of both 

 continents. 



a. Stuffed Siberia British Mus. [Ex.] 



b. Skull Norway University of Christiania, 



1846, A.S.B. 



Genus GALICTIS. 



Galictis, Bell Zool. Journ., ii, p. 552 (1826). Type, G. vittata. 



So'ia, I «'»^ "■"' «""'■ ^- «■' PP- «7, 68 (.843). [ g^J g; S^ 



Galictis barbara. 



Mustela barbara, Linnceus Syst. Nat., I2th ed., i, p. 67 (1766). 

 Gulo barbatus, Desmarest Mamm., p. 175 (1820). 

 Viverra poliocephala, Traill Mevi. Wern. Soc, iii, p. 440 (1821). 

 Galictis barbara, Wagner Schreber Sdugeth, Suppl,,n,p. 214(1841); Alston 

 Biol. Centr, Am. Mamm,, p. 79. 



