on-., 1899. 



MAMMALS. 



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Gulo luscus (Linn.). Wolverine. 



We have no positive record of the wolverine from Shasta, but it is 

 known to occur on hoth the Cascades and the Sierra, and one was killed 

 near Carberry Eauch, between Mounts Shasta and Lassen, about the 

 year 1893 (reported by C. P. Streator). 



Wolverines are notorious wanderers and it is most i^robable that they 

 occur on Shasta at intervals, even if they do not permanently live 

 there — which is by no means certain. 

 Taxidea taxus (Schreber). Badger. 



Very rare on Shasta. In the trail between Wagon Camp and Squaw 

 Creek Camj) fresh tracks were seen August 4, by Vernon Bailey, and 

 in Shasta Valley, at the north base of the mountain, badger holes were 

 reported by W. H. Osgood, who also found a dead badger in the road 

 a few miles east of McCloud Sawmill. 

 Mephitis occidentalis Baird. Large Skunk. 



Common in the low country around Shasta. On 'Horse Trail,' lead- 

 ing up the mountain from Sisson, Bailey saw their tracks as high as 

 an altitude of G,500 feet. At Sisson they are particularly abundant in 

 the wet meadows and thickets, where in September 11. T. Fisher caught 

 two along Cold Creek. In Shasta Valley they are also common and 

 several were cauglit by W. 11. Osgood and E. T. Fisher. 

 Spilogale latifrons Merriam. I^ittle Spotted Skunk. 



Not obtained by us, but known to occur in the general neighborhood 

 of Shasta, both north and south of the mountain. In March, 1884, 

 C. H. Townsend caught one on McCloud Eiver, about midway between 

 the mouth of this stream and Mount Shasta. 



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Lutreola vison energumenos (Bangs). Pacific Mink. 



Common along the streams at Sisson, where E. T. Fisher caught two, 

 one on Cold Creek, the other on the upper Sacramento Eiver. 

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