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Genus ONDATRA Link.^ /if^t^^^v*. 



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1795. Ondatra Link, Beytriige zur Naturgesch., vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 



76. Type by tautonymy, Castor zibethicus Linn^us.^ 

 1800. FiherCvYiF.li, Lemons d'anat. comp., vol. 1, tabl. i (described 



but not named in 1798, Tabl. elem. de I'liist. nat. des anim., p. 



141). Type, Castor zihetliicus IjINNmvs. 



*Ondatra obscura (Bangs). 



1894. Fiber ohscurus Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 9, 



p. 133. September 15, 1894. 

 Type Locality. — Codroy, Newfoundland. 

 Range. — Newfoundland. 



*Ondatra zibethica zibethica (Linnaeus). 



1766. [Castor] zihethicus Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, p. 

 79. 



1795. [Ondatra] zihetJiicus Link, Beytrage zur Naturgesch., vol. 1, 

 pt. 2, p. 76. 



1885. Fiber zihethicus Tnu^, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (1884), 

 p. 596. 1885. 



Type Locality. — Eastern Canada. 



Range. — Southeastern Canada, northeastern and east central 

 United States; from New Brunswick and Quebec west to 

 Minnesota, and south to northern Georgia and Arkansas, 

 except along the Atlantic seaboard south of Delaware Bay. 



t*Ondatra zibethica macrodon (Merriam). 



1897. Fiber macrodon Merriam, Proc. Biol, Soc. Washington, 



vol. 11, p. 143. May 13, 1897. 

 Type Locality. — Lake Drummond, Dismal Swamp, Norfolk 



County, Virginia. 

 Range. — Middle Atlantic coast region of the United States, from 



Delaware Bay to Pamlico Sound; inland to Washington, 



Virginia, and Raleigh, North Carolina. 



*Ondatra zibethica aquilonia (Bangs). 



1899. Fiber zibethicus aquilonius Bangs, Proc. New England 



Zool. Club, vol. 1, p. 11. February 28, 1899. 

 Type Locality. — Rigolet, Hamilton Inlet, Labrador. 

 Range. — Labrador and Ungava. 



1 Revised (under name Fiber) by HoUister, North Amer. Fauna, No. 32, April 29, 1911. 



2 According to HoUister (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 24, p. 14, January 28, 1911) Mus coy-pus 

 Molina should be regarded as the type of the genus Ondatra. 



