*HE SELOUS COLLECTION. 9l 



ORDER CARNIVORA. 



Family CANID^E. 

 ALASKAN TIMBER WOLF. 



PAMBASILETJS. 



Canis pambasileus, Elliot, Proc. Biol. Soc. 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 nubilus *. 



Typical locality. Sushitna River, Mount McKinley, Alaska. 



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

 MacMillan River, Yukon Territory. 



Family MUSTELIDJE. 



Subfamily LT7TRINJE. 

 OTTER. 



LUTBA LTJTEA. 



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. xxxviii. p. 34, 1884. 



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

 Spelvie, near Lochbuie, Isle of Mull. 



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

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



