KEY TO LAND MAMMALS OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA I3I 



Upper parts seal drown; under parts grayisli brown; under surface of wehs 

 between toes densely hairy. Total length, 1100 (43f ) ; tail vertebrae, 420 (16^) ; 

 hind foot, 120 (4f). (h u d s 6 n i c a ; N, Lat., Hudsonian) 



The northeastern otter occurs throughout the less densely inhabited 

 portions of eastern North America from the lower edge of the transition 

 zone northward. 



Lutra hudsonica lataxina (F. Cuvier) Southeastern otter 

 1823 Lutra lataxina F. Cuvier, Diet, des sci. nat. 27:242. (South 



Carolina) 

 1898 Lutra hudsonica lataxina Rhoads, Trans. Am. philos. soc. n. s. 



Oct. 1898. 20 : 427. 

 Upper parts yellowish drown; under parts light grayish brown; under surface 

 of IV ebs between toesr sparsely hairy. Total length, 1100 (43f ) ; tail vertebrae, 

 420 (16|) ; bind foot, 125 (4|). (lataxina; N. Lat., hke the genus L a t a x) 



The southeastern otter occupies the austral zones of the eastern 

 United States north of the peninsula of Florida, where it gives way to 

 the Florida otter, L. hudsonica vaga Bangs. 



Lutra degener Bangs Newfotmdla7id Otter 

 1898 Lutra degener Bangs, Proc. biolog. soc. Washington. 24 Mar. 1898. 



12:35. (Bay St George, Newfoundland) 

 1898 Lutra degener Rhoads, Trans. Am. philos. soc. n. s. Oct. 1898. 

 20 : 433. 

 Size small, total length about 995 (39J) ; greatest length of skull about 95 

 (3f ) ; hind foot about 112 (4|) ; color blackish, (degener; Lat., degenerate) 



The Newfoundland otter is confined to the island of Newfoundland. 



Genus Gulo Storr 

 1780 Gulo Storr, Prodr. meth. mamm. p. 34. Type Ursus gulo Lin- 

 naeus. ' 

 Part of sole applied to ground in walking, body stout ; claws large, compressed, 

 curved; ears very short; tail short, bushy; teeth 38. (Gtilo; Lat., a 

 glutton) 



The genus Gulo contains two species onl)r, both inhabitants of the 

 northern hemisphere, G. gulo of the old world, and the following:. 



Gulo luscus (Linnaeus) Wolverine 



1758 Ursus luscus, Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10. 1 : 47. (Hudson 



bay) 

 1823 Gulo luscus J. Sabine, Franklin's journal, p. 650. 



Dark brown or blackish; a pale area on sides. Total length, 760 (30); tail 

 vertebrae, 200 (8) ; hind foot, 170 (6f ). (1 ti s c u s ; Lat., one-eyed) 



The wolverine inhabits the boreal forests of North^ America. Within 

 our limits it is now chiefly, if not wholly confined to Canada. 



