SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Icon. Buff. XIII. pZ. 42. Schreb. tab. 134. 

 Inhabits Canada and the United States. 



354. 6. M. Fennanti (the Fisher Weasel.) Fur dark at 

 the base, yellow above, and tipped with black, becoming 

 chestnut instead of yellow on the back ; tail black, shining ; 

 throat brown, with a few white-tipped hairs ; belly and legs 

 dark brown ; ears short, lighter at the tips. Length of 

 head and body thirty inches, tail fifteen inches. 



Mustela Pennanti, Erxleben, Syst. Mam. sp. 10. Mustela 

 Melanorhyncha, Bodd. Elench. Anim. sp. 13. 



Fisher Weasel, Pennanfs Quad. No. 202. 



Icon. 



Inhabits North America. 



Obs. This species, it is said, by Captain Sabine, does 

 not feed on fish, but takes its food like the Pine Marten. 



355. 7. M. Rufa (Chestnut Weasel.) Brownish red co- 

 lour, deeper above, each hair annulated, brown red, and 

 yellow ; tail brown at the extremity. 



Marte Marron, Geoff. Collect, du Mus. d'Hist. Nat. 

 Mustela Rufa, Desm. Mam. 184. 



Icon. 



Habitat unknown. 



Obs. Probably a variety of the Pekan 111 



356. 8. M. Sinuensis (the Zorra.) Uniform blackish 

 gray ; belly and interior of the ears white. Body less ver- 

 miformed than in the other species of this subgenus, and 

 more like that of the Kinkajou. 



Mustela Sinuensis, Humb. Voy. dans VAmtrique, Merid. 

 partie Zoologique. Marte Zorra, Desmarest Ency. Method, 

 sp. 286. 



Icon. ? 



Inhabits the warm part of New Grenada. 



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