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On the plains and prairies from the Red River westward to 

 the Rocky Mountains, as far north as tiie Saskatchewan and 

 probably as far as Peace River, Also on the plains in 

 southern British Colnmbia. Rapidly becoming extinct. 



LuTRA Canadensis, Turton. 

 Otter. 

 Lutra Calif ornica, Baird. 

 Lutra destructor^ Barnston. 

 Ni-Ttik. Cree and Saulteaux. 

 From Nova Scotia and New Brunswick across the conttnent 

 to Vancouver Island, and northward to the Arctic circle, or 

 into the Barren Grounds. 



Enhydra marina, Steller. 

 Sea Otter. 

 Enhydris lutris, (Linn.) Coues, 

 Western coast of British Columbia. 



Procyon lotor, (Linn.) Storr. 

 Raccoon. 

 E-se-pun. Cree and Saulteaux. 

 Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and westward to the west side 

 of Lake Manitoba. 

 Var. Hernandezii. 



Vancouver Island and southern British Columbia. 



URbUS HORRIBILIS, Ovd. 

 Grizzly Bear. 

 Ursus ferox^ Rich. 

 Mist-a-ya. Cree. 

 Formerly when buflalo were plentiful, an iniiabitant of the 

 plains along the Saskatchewan, but now confined to the 

 mountains through which they roam northward as far as the 

 Yukon. 



Ursus arctos, Ricli. 



Barren-Ground Bear. 

 On the Barren Grounds in the northern parts of Canada. 



