THE MAMMALIA OF CANADA. 75 



From the Atlantic to the Pacific, at least as far north a& 

 Great Slave Lake, 



Fdtorius ermineus, Linn. 

 Ermine. 

 Everywhere in Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 



PUTORIUS LONGICAUDA, Bouap. 



Long-tailed Weasel. 

 From the Plains of the Saskatchewan westward to the 

 Pacific. 



PuTORius visoN, Brisson. 

 Mink. 

 Putorius lutreohis^ (Cuv.) Allen. 

 Putorius nigresoens., And. and Bach. 

 At-jak-as and Shan-gwash. Cree. 

 Shan-gioa-si. Sanlteaux. 

 Throiighont the whole of Canada from the Atlantic to the 

 Pacific. 



Mephitis mephitica, Shaw. 

 Skunk. 

 Mephitis Americana, var. Hudsonica, Rich. 

 Mephitis ocoidentalis, Baird. 

 Si-hah. Cree and Saulteaux. 

 Abundant in wooded and partly wooded country from the 

 Atlantic to the Pacific, as far north as Great Slave Lake. 



Mephitis putorius, Linn. 



Little Striped Skunk. 

 J. K. Lord records it from southern British Columbia. 



Taxidea Am^ViiG a.^ a 'Schr el. 

 Badger. 

 Meles Lahradoria., (Sabine) Rich. 

 Mis-tan-isk. Cree. 

 Mis-tan-ak. Saulteaux. 



