THE MAMMALIA OF CANADA. 75 



From the Atlantic to the Pacific, at least as far north as 

 Great Slave Lake. 



FuTORiDS ERMiNEUs, Linn. 

 Ermine. 

 Everj-where in Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 



PUTORIUS LONGICAUDA, BoiKip. 



Long-tailed Weasel. 

 From the Plains of the Saskatchewan westward to the 

 Pacific. 



PuTORius visoN, Brisson. 

 Mink. 

 Putorius lutreolus., (Cuv.) Allen. 

 Putorius nigrescens.. And. and Bach. 

 At-jak-as and Skan-gwash. Cree. 

 Shan-gioa-si. Sanlteaux. 

 Throughout the whole of Canada from the Atlantic to the 

 Pacific. 



Mephitis mephitica, Shaw. 

 Skunk. 

 Mephitis Americana, var. Hudsonica, Rich. 

 Mephitis occidentalis, Baird. 

 Si-kak. Cree and Saulteaux. 

 Abundant in wooded and partly wooded country from the 

 Atlantic to the Pacific, as far north as Great Slave Lake. 



Mephitis putorius, Linn. 



Little Striped Skunk. 

 J. K. Lord records it from southern British Columbia. 



Taxidea Americana,' xScA^'^J. 

 Badger. 

 Meles Labradoria., (Sabine) Rich.- 

 Mis'tan-isk. Cree. 

 Mis-tan-ak. Saulteaux. 



