MAMMALS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY. 23! 



1896. Genus Pelycictis Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., p. 390. 



Pelycictis lobulatus Cope. Great Fossil Weasel. 



1896. Pelycictis lobulatus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., p. 390. 

 Type locality. Port Kennedy 1. c. Type No. 66, Mus. A. N. S. 

 Pleistocene. Port Kennedy, Montgomery Co., Penna. Left mandibular 

 ramus. 



Lutra rhoadsii Cope. American Fossil Otter. 



1896. Lutra rhoadsii Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., p. 391. 

 Type locality. Port Kennedy 1. c. Type No. 61, Mus. A. N. S. 

 Pleistocene. Port Kennedy, Montgomery Co., Penna. Portions of right 

 and left mandibular rami with teeth. 



1838. Genus Taxidea Waterhouse, Proceed. Zoological Society, London, 



P- i54- 



Taxidea taxus (Schreber). American Badger. 



1778. Ursus taxus Schreber, Saugthiere, vol. 3, p. 520, pi. 142 B. 



1894. Taxidea taxus Rhoads, Amer. Nat., June, p. 254. 



1899. Taxidea americana Cope, Journ. Acad. Nat, Sci., Phila. (2), vol. xi, 

 pt. ii, p. 239. 



Type locality. " Labrador and around Hudson Bay." 



Pleistocene. Port Kennedy, Montgomery Co., Penna. Maxillary, pre- 

 maxillary bones and left mandibular ramus. This existing species was never 

 found recent east of Lake Michigan. 



Family FELID^E : Cats. 



1833. Genus Machairodus Kaup, Descr. d'Ossements Foss. Mam. Mus. 

 Darmst., pt. 2, p. 24. 



Machairodus gracilis (Cope*). North American Sabre-tooth Tiger. 



1880. Smilodon gracilis Cope, Amer. Naturalist, p. 857. 



1899. Machcerodus gracilis Cope, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila. (2), xi, 

 pt. ii, p. 240, pi. xx, fig. i. 



Type locality. Port Kennedy 1. c. Type in Cope Colin. ( ? Amer. Mus. 

 N. Hist., N. Y.) 



* Prof. Cope's study of this species and merceri inclined him to the opinion that one or 

 both would ultimately fall under Machairodus (see page 247 of Journal A. N. S.). He had 

 these names greatly confused in his MSS. corrections. 



