344 MAMMALIA: FER. — LIII. 
602. MUSTELA Linnezus. (Lat., weasel.) 
1135, M. americana Kerr. , SABLE. Pine Marten. Brown, 
not darker below than above, usually a tawny throat-patch. Ears 
high, sub-triangular. L.24. T.8. Penn. to S. Labrador and W. 
1136. M. pennantii Erxleben. Pekan. Fisuer. Blackish, 
paler anteriorly, darkest below; no throat-patch; ears low, semi- 
circular. L. 35, T.14. Penn. to Hudson’s Bay, and W. (To 
Thomas Pennant, author of Arctic Zoology.) 
603. LUTRHOLA Wagner. (Dim. of luira, otter.) 
1137. L. vison (Schreber). Minx. Dark chestnut-brown, uni- 
form or varied with whitish below. L. 22. T.8. N. Am.; com- 
mon, aquatic. (Lat., scout.) Subspec. lutreocephala (Harlan), the 
big brown mink, occurs along the coast from New England, S. 
L. 25. T. 82. 
604. PUTORIUS Cuvier. (putor, bad odor.) 
a, Species of small size (length to base of tail less than 12) ; body attenuate; 
neck long ; ears conspicuous, orbicular; tail slender; toes cleft; pads on 
feet separate; coloration bicolor, reddish brown, yellowish or white be- 
low, the fur usually becoming snow-white in winter. (Arctogale Kaup.) 
6. Large, tail long. 
1138. P. longicauda (Bonaparte). Lonc-TAILED WEASEL. 
Belly tawny or salmon-yellow; black tip of tail reduced to a ter- 
minal pencil; tail long. L. 163. T.6. Minn. to Kas. and N. 
Subspec. spadix Bangs. Much darker. Minn. (Lat., date-brown.) 
1139. P. noveboracensis Emmons. WeraseL. ERMINE. 
Sroat. Belly sulphur-yellow; black of tail not confined to tip; 
fur snow-white in winter onlyin N. L.11. T. 3. Me. to N.C. 
and W. to Ill, common N. Allied to the European Ermine, 
P. ermineus (L.). (Lat. of New York.) 
66. Small, tail short. 
1140. P. cicognani (Bonaparte). Smarty Brown WEASEL. 
Mahogany-brown, white, rarely yellowish below; white in winter. 
L.10. T.2. Northern regions, 8. to Long Island. 
Famiry CCI. CANIDAS. (THE Does.) 
Digitigrade Carnivora with blunt, non-retractile claws; toes 5-4. 
Muzzle more or less elongated. Dentition typically i. 3:3; ¢. 4:3; 
pm. $4; m. #:2==42; canines large, rather blunt. Genera and 
species widely distributed, all of them more or less dog-like or fox- 
like in habit. 
aa. Pupil elliptical; tail long and bushy; upper incisors scarcely lobed; body 
rather slender. 
6, Tail with soft fur and long hair; muzzle long. . . . VuLpxs, 605. 
