THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 91 



Order CxlRNIVORA 



Family CANID^. 



ALASKAN TIMBER WOLF. 

 Canis pambasileus. 



Canis pamhasileus, Elliot, Proc. Biol. See. Washington, vol. xviii. p. 79, 

 1905. 



The general colour varies from almost black to a mixture of 

 brownish black and white. No. 19. 7. 15. 5 is a very dark specimen, 

 the entire coat being a deep sooty black ; in No. 19. 7. 15. 4 the 

 coat is very much lighter in colour, more as in nuhilus *. 



Typical locality. Sushitna River, Mount McKinley, Alaska. 



444-445 —19.7.15.4-5. Skins, mounted. 1906. South fork of 

 MacMillan Eiver, Yukon Territory. 



Family MUSTEIJD^. 



Subfamily LUTRIN^. 

 OTTER. 



LUTEA LUTEA. 



Mustela lutra, Linn, Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i. p. 45, 1758; ed. 12, vol. i. 



p. 66, 1766. 

 Lutra vulgaris, Erxleben, Syst. Regn. Anim. vol. i. p. 448, 1777. 

 Lutra lutra, Lataste, Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, vol. xxiviii. p. 34, 1884. 



446 —19. 7. 15. 12 (female). Skin, mounted. August, 1894. Loch 

 Spelvie, near Lochbuie, Isle of Mull. 



* Canis nuhilus, Say, Long's Exped. Rocky Mountains, English ed. vol. i. 

 pp. 155 and 333, 1823 ; Amer. ed. vol. i. p. 169, 1823. 



