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Gulo luscus (Linnaeus) Wolverine 
1758 Ursus luscus Linnaeus, Syst. nat. ed. 10. 1:47. 
1823 Gulo luscus J. Sabine, Franklin jour. p. 650. 
1842 Gulo luscus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. p. 27. 
1882 Gulo luscus Merriam, Linn. soc. New York. Trans, 1: 47. 
Type locality. Hudson bay. 
Faunal position. Boreal and transition zones. 
flabitat. Forests. 
Distribution in New York. While the wolverine has within historic 
times ranged throughout the state it is now wholly exterminated. 
Principal records. De Kay: “ Although we have not met with this 
animal yet hunters who have killed them repeatedly and knew them 
well have assured us that they are still found in the districts north of 
Raquet lake. It is however everywhere a rare species ” (4125p: 28): 
Merriam : “The wolverine (Guo Zuscus) is not now an inhabitant of the 
Adirondacks, and I have been unable to find among the hunters and 
trappers of this region anyone who has ever seen it in our wilderness” 
(82, p. 47-48). Bachman states (Audubon and Bachman, ’ 46, 
1: 207-8) that about the year 1811 he killed a wolverine in Rensselaer co. 
Putorius vison vison (Schreber) JVortheastern mink 
1778 Mustela vison Schreber Saugethiere. 3: 463. 
1830 Putorius vison Gapper Zool. jour. 5: 202. 
1853 Putorius nigrescens Audubon and Bachman Quadr. N. Am. 
338 evi, | | 
1882 Putorius vison Merriam Linn. soc. New York. Trans. 1: 64. 
1896 Futorius vison Bangs Boston soc. nat. hist. Proc. 27: 3. 
1898 Lutorius vison Mearns U.S. Nat.mus. Proc. 21: 358. 
Type locality. Canada. 
Faunal position. udsonian and Canadian zones. 
Habitat. Borders of lakes, ponds and water courses. 
Distribution in New York. The northeastern mink is not found in 
New York outside of the Adirondacks and Catskills. 
Principal records. Merriam: “The mink is a well-known and tolerably 
abundant inhabitant of this region (’82, p. 64). Mearns: ‘This small 
mink is common on all the streams of the neighborhood [Catskill mts] 
and at Kaaterskill lake” (’ 98b, p. 358). 
Putorius vison lutreocephalus (Harlan). Southeastern mink 
1825 Mustela lutreocephala Harlan, Fauna Americana. p. 63. 
1842 FPutorius vison De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. p. 37. 
