CANIDA. — CCL 341 
1131. M. pennanti (Erxleben). PreKan. Buiack Cat. Black- 
ish, paler anteriorly, darkest below; no throat-patch ; ears low, semi- 
circular. L.35. T.14. Penn. to Hudson’s Bay, and W. (To 
Thomas Pennant, author of Arctic Zoology.) 
601. PUTORIUS Cuvier. (Lat., putor, a bad odor.) 
a. Species of large size (length to base of tail over 12). 
6. Toes somewhat webbed; pads of palm coalescent; tail bushy; ears low. 
(Lutreola Wagner). 
1132. P. vison (Schreber). Mrnx. Dark chestnut-brown, uni- 
form or varied with whitish below. L.28. T.8. N.Am.; com- 
mon, aquatic. (Lat., a scout.) 
6b. Toes not webbed; pads of palm separate; tail short, slender; ears high, 
round. (Cynomyonaz Coues.) 
1133. P. nigripes Audubon & Bachman. BLACK-FOOTED FER- 
RET. Pale brown; feet, tip of tail and bar across face black. L. 
23. T.4. Neb. and W., in “ Prairie-dog towns,” feeding on the 
rodents. An allied species is the European Ferret, P. putorius L., 
trained to hunt rats. (Lat., black-foot.) 
aa. Species of small size (length to base of tail less than 12); body attenuate; 
neck long; ears conspicuous, orbicular; tail slender; toes cleft; pads on 
feet separate ; coloration bicolor, reddish brown, yellowish or white below, 
the fur usually becoming snow-white in winter. (Gale Wagner.) 
c. Tail black at tip. 
1134. P. longicauda Bonaparte. LonG-TAIrED WEASEL. 
Belly tawny or salmon-yellow ; black tip of tail reduced to a ter- 
minal pencil. L.163. T.6. Minn. to Ariz. and N. 
1135. P. erminea (L.). WEASEL. ERMINE. STOAT. Belly 
sulphur-yellow ; black of tail not confined to tip; fur snow-white in 
winter. L.11. T.3. Northern regions, 8. to Kan., common N. 
(Eu.) (From ermine.) 
cc. Tail pointed, scarcely black at tip. 
1136. P nivalis (L.). Least Werasex. Mahogany-brown, 
white, rarely yellowish below; white in winter. L. 10. T. 2. 
Northern regions, 8. to Penn. (Lat., snow-white.) (£u.) 
Famity CCI. CANIDA. (Tue Docs.) 
Digitigrade Carnivora with blunt, non-retractile regen toes sii 
Muzzle quite or less elongated. Dentition typically i. $3; c.43; 
pm. #4; m. 3:2 = 42; canines large, rather blunt. Genera about 
5. Species widely distributed, all of them more or less dog-like or 
fox-like in habit. 
aa. Pupil elliptical; tail long and bushy; upper incisors scarcely lobed; body 
rather slender. 
6. Tail with soft fur and long hair; muzzle long. . . . VULPES, 602. 
