GULO. 283 



Vison lutreola, Gray List Mamm. B. M., p. 64 (1843). 



Futorius nigrescens, Audubon and Bachman Quad. North Amer., iii, p. 104 



(i8S3)*- , , 



Vison lutreocephala, Gray P.Z. S., p. 1 16 (1865); id. Cat. Cam. Mamm., p. 93. 

 Putorius lutreolus, Allen Bull, Mus. Comp. Zool., i, p. 175 (1869). 



The Mink. 



Bts&tiufion.— 'Noiih America generally; from the Arctic Ocean 

 to the southern part of the States. 



a. Skin g Ontario, Canada J. H. Gamier [Ex.] 



A. Skull N. Carolina Rev. F. Fitzgerald, A.S.B. 



c. Skull Upton, Maine, U. S. A. W. Theobald, 1868. 



Genus GULO. 



Gulo, Storr Prodr. Meth. Mamm., p. 34 (1780)*. 



Gulo luscus. 



Mustela gulo, Linnaus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 67 (1766). 



Ursus luscus, Linnteus Syst. Nat., I2th ed., i, p. 71 (1766). 



Ursus gulo, Schreber Sdugeth., iii, p. 525, pi. cxliv (1778). 



Gulo sibericus, Pallas Spic. Zool., xiv, p. 25 (1780). 



Meles luscus, Boddaert Elench. Anim., i, p. 80 (1784)". 



Gulo borealis, Nilsson Ilium, fig. till Skand. Faun. (1829)*; BlasiusSaugeth, 



Deutschl., p. 209; Gray Cat. Cam. Mamm., p. 98. 

 Taxus gulo, Tiedemann Zool., i, p. 377 (1808). 

 Gulo arcticus, Desmarest Mamm., i, p. 174 (1820). 

 Gulo luscus, Sabine Franklin's yourn., p. 650 (1823)* ; Blyih Cat, no. 192, 



p. 65 ; Coues Fur-bearing Animals of North America, p. 34, 



The Wolverene. 



Distribution. — Circumpolar, i.e., the northern parts of both 

 continents. 



Genus GALICTIS. 



Galictis, Bell Zool. Journ., ii, p. 552 (1826). Type, G. vittata. 



Sriso'ia, 1 ^-^ ^"' ^-•- ^- ^■' PP' 67. 68 (.843). { %% g;,^-^^-- 



Galictis barbara. 



Mustela barbara, Linnteus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 67 (1766). 

 Gulo barbatus, Desmarest Mamm., p. 175 (1820). 

 Viverra poliocephala, Traill Mem. Wern. Soc, iii, p. 440 (1821). 

 Galictis barbara, Wagner Schreber Sdugeth, Suppl.,i\,p, 214(1841); Alston 

 Biol. Centr, Am, Mamm., p. 79. 



