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Gulo luscus (Linnaeus) Wolverine 



1758 Ursus luscus Linnaeus, Syst. nat. ed. 10. 1 147. 



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. 



Habitat. 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" ('42, p. 28). 

 Merriam : "The wolverine {Gulo luscus) 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 181 1 he killed a wolverine in Rensselaer co. 



Putorius vison vison (Schreber) Northeastern mink 



1778 Mus tela vison Schreber Saugethiere. 3:463. 



1830 Putorius vison Gapper Zool. jour. 5 : 202. 



1853 Putorius nigrescens Audubon and Bachman Quadr. N. Am. 



3 : 104. 

 1882 Putorius vison Merriam Linn. soc. New York. Trans. 1 : 64. 

 1896 Pitorius vison Bangs Boston soc. nat. hist. Proc. 27:3. 

 1898 Putorius vison Mearns U. S. Nat. mus. Proc. 21 :35s. 



Type locality. Canada. 



Faunal position. Hudsonian 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 Pitorius vison De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia, p. 37. 



