344 MAMMALIA : FER^E. — LIII. 



602. MUSTELA Linn«?us. (Lat., weasel.) 



1135. M. americana Kerr. Sable. Pine Marten. Brown, 

 not darker IkIow than above, usually a tawny throat-patch. Ears 

 hi<:h, sub-trianjrular. L. 24. T. 8. Penn. to S. Labrador and W. 



1136. M. pennantii Erxleben. Pekan. Fisuek. Blackish, 

 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.) 



603. LUTREOLA Wagner. (Dim. of lutra, otter.) 



1137. L. vison (Schrcber). Mink. Dark chestnut-brown, uni- 

 form or varied with whitish below. L. 22. T. 8. N. Am.; com- 

 mon, aquatic. (Lat., scout ) Subspec. lutreocephala (Harlan), the 

 big brown mink, occurs along the coast from A'ew England, S. 

 L. 25. T. 8f 



604. PUTORIUS Cuvier. (putor, bad odor.) 



a. Species of small size (Iciiffth to base of tail less than 12) ; body attenuate; 



neck lon<; ; ears conspicuous, orbicular; tail slender; toes cleft; pads on 



feet separate ; coloration bicolor, redflish brown, j'ellowish or wliite be- 



liiw, the fur usually becoming snow-white in winter. {Avclo(jale Kaup.) 



b. Large, tail long. 



1138. P. longicauda (Bonaparte). Long-tailed Weasel. 

 Belly tawny or salmon-yellow ; black tip of tail reduced to a ter- 

 minal pencil; tail long. L. 16^. T. 6. Minn, to Kas. and N. 

 Subspec. spadix Ban<rs. Much darker. Minn. (Lat., date-brown.) 



113ft. P. noveboracensis Emmons. Weasel. Ermine. 

 Stoat. Belly sulphur-yellow; black of tail not confined to tip; 

 fur snow-white in winter only in N. L. 11. T. 3. Me. to N. C. 

 and W. to 111., common N. Allied to the European Ermine, 

 P. erminexis (L.). (Lat. of New York.) 



lb. Small, tail short. 



1110 P. cicognani (Bonaparte). Small Brown Weaskl. 

 Mahogany-bruwu, white, rarely yellowish below; white in winter. 

 L. 10. T. 2. Northern regions, S. to Long Island. 



Family CCII. CANID.^. (The Dons.) 



Digitigrade Carnivora with blunt, non-retractile claws; toes 5-4. 

 Muzzle more or less elongated. Dentition typically i. \^ ; c. \'\ ; 

 pm. ^:^ ; m. J:^ = 42; canines large, rather blunt. Genera and 

 species widely distributed, all of them more or less dog-like or fox- 

 like in habit. 



ati. Pupil elliptical; tail long and bushy; upper incisors scarcely lobed; body 

 ratlier slender. 

 b. Tail with soft fur and long hair; muzzle long. . . . VtLrES, 605. 



