242 CALIFORNIA MAMMALS. 



ease, and one need not give up hope if bitten, yet due precau- 

 tions should be taken. 



Spilogale latifrons Me:rriam. (Broad — front.) 



LITTLE SPOTTED SKUNK. 



Colors and their pattern as in phenax ; smaller, skull much 

 broader in proportion to size; last molar smaller. 



Type locality, Roseburg, Douglass County Oregon,. 



Western Oregon and northern California. Apparently not 

 common anywhere. Habits similar to those of the Western 

 Spotted Skunk. 



Subfamily Mustelinae (Weasels, etc.) 

 Body long; 1?oes partly webbed; skull usually long and nar- 

 row; sectorial teeth well developed; audita! bullae usually large. 



Genus Gulo Frisch, (Glutton.) 

 Large; body stout; tail short, bushy, the hairs drooping; 

 anal glands moderately developed; skull arched, short, wide; 

 audital bullae of moderate size with tubular meatus; lower sec- 

 torial tooth without inner cusp; upper sectorial tooth large; palate 

 extending one-third of the way from last molar to audital bulla. 

 Dental formula, I, 3 — 3; C, i — i ; P, 4 — 4; M, i — 2, X2^38. 



Gulo luscus Linn. (One-eyed.) 



WOLVERINE. 



Large, blackish; an indefinite broad yellowish band on the 

 sides, running across the hips and meeting its fellow at the base 

 of the tail ; front and sides of head grayish. 



Length about 965 mm. (38 inches) ; tail vertebrae 200 (8) ; 

 hind foot 170 (6.70). 



Type locality, Hudson Bay, British America. 



Wolverines are found in the colder parts of North America 



