CAMD.E. — CCI. 341 



1131. M. pennanti (Erxleben). Pekax. Black Cat. Black- 

 ish, paler anteriorly, darkest below ; no throat-patch ; ears low, semi- 

 circular. L. 35. T. 14. Penn. to Hudson's Bay, and \V. (To 

 Thomas Pennant, author of Arctic Zoology.) 



601. PUTORHTS Cuvier. (Lat.. putor, a bad odor.) 



a. Species of large size (length to base of tail over 12). 

 b. Toes somewhat webbed; pads of palm coalesceut; tail bushy; ears low. 

 (Lutrtola Wagner). 



1132. P. viaon (Schreber). Mink. Dark chestnut-brown, uni- 

 form or varied with whitish below. L. 28. T. 8. X. Am. ; com- 

 mon, aquatic. (Lat., a scout.) 



bb. Toes not webbed; pads of palm separate; tail short, slender; ears high, 

 round. (Cynomyonox 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., m •• 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-tailed Weasel. 

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

 minal pencil. L. 16£. T. 6. Minn, to Ariz, and X. 



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, S. to Kan., common N. 

 (Eu.) (From ermine.) 



cc. Tail pointed, scarcely black at tip. 



1136. P nivalis (L.). Least Weasel. Mahogany-brown, 

 white, rarely yellowish below; white in winter. L. 10. T. 2. 

 Northern regions, S. to Penn. (Lat., snow-white.) (Eu.) 



Family CCI. CANID^3. (The Dogs.) 



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

 Muzzle more or less elongated. Dentition typically i. f:f ; c. \:\ ; 

 pm. J:| : m. |;f = 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. 



b. Tail with soft fur and long hair ; muzzle long. . . . Yulpes, 602. 



