24 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



FERAE. FISSIPEDIA. 



CANIDAE. 



Vt. — Extirpated in past century. 



Mass. — Extirpated in past century. 



Conn. — Extirpated. Bridgeport (1840); Newtown (1832). 



MUSTELIDAE. 



60. LuTRA CANADENSIS (Sclireber.) Sabine. 



Otter. 

 Mustela Intra canadensis Schr., Saugthiere, 1776, pi. 126 B. 



" ISTORD AMERICA." 



Ziutra hudsonica Lacep^de. Rhoads, Trans. Amer. philos. soc, 

 n. s., 1898, vol. 19, p. 424-427, pi. 24, fig. 1-2. 



Lutra canadensis Schr. Stone & Cram, Amer. animals, 

 1902, p. 219-223, 1 pi. 



Streams and lakes, and along the seashore. 



Me. to Conn. 



61. Mephitis putida (G. Cuvier.) Allen. 



Eastern skunk. 



Mustela putida G. Cuv., Tabl. elem. de I'hist. nat. des anim., 

 1798, p. 116. " De l'Amebique sbptentrionale." 



Chincha 2mtida {^o\t^x^^ . Howell, North Amer. fauna, 1901, 

 no. 20, p. 25-27, pi. 1, fig. 1 ; pi. 5, fig. 3-4. 



Mephitis putida (Cuvier). Stone & Cram, Amer. animals, 

 1902, p. 224-229, 1 pi. 



Open woodlands and rural districts. 

 Me. to Conn. 



62. GuLO Luscus (Linne.) Sabine. 



"Wolverine ; Indian devil. 



Ursus luscus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 47. " ad 



SINUM HUDSONIS." 



