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SUBSPECIES OF PUTORIUS VISON 



Total length under 600 (23i) ; color blackish 



hrown P. vison vison 



Total length over 600 (23i) ; color chestnut 



hrown P. vison lutreocephalus 



Putorius vison vison (Schreber) Northeastern mink 



1778 Mustela vison Schreber, Siiugethiere, 3: 463 (eastern Canada) 

 1896 Putorius vison Bangs, Proc. Bostou soc. nat. hist. 1896. 27:3. 



Color rich dark brown, often nearly black. Total length, 520 (20-|) ; tail verte- 

 brae, 185 (7i) ; hind foot, 55 (2A)- 



The northeastern mink inhabits the border of watercourses in the 

 boreal forests of northern North America, south into the northern tier of 

 states. West of the Rocky mountains it is replaced by the larger P. 

 vison energumenos Bangs. 



Putorius vison lutreocephalus (Harlan) Southeastern mink 



1825 Mustela lutreocephala Harlan, Fauna amerioana, p. 63. 

 1896 Putorius vison lutreocephalus Bangs, Proc. Boston soc. nat. 

 hist. Ap. 1896. 27 : 4. 



Color dark chestnut brown, the tail darker. Total length, 635 (27) ; tail ver- 

 tebrae, 210 (8i) ; hind foot, 70 {2f). ^lutreocephalus; Lat. and Gk., otter 

 head) 



The southeastern mink inhabits the borders of watercourses in the 

 transition zone and upper austral zone of the eastern United States, from 

 central New York and the coast of Maine southward. In the lower 

 austral zone it is replaced by two nearly related forms, P. vison 

 vulgivagus Bangs, of the gulf coast, and P. vison lutensis 

 Bangs, of the south Atlantic coast. 



Putorius cicognanii (Bonaparte) Small brown weasel 



1838 Mustela cicognanii Bonaparte, Charlesworths magazine. Jan. 1838. 



2;37. (Eastern United States) 



1839 Putorius cicognanii Richardson, Zoology of Beeehey's voyage of 



the blossom, p. 10*. 

 1896 Putorius cicognani Merriam, North American fauua. 30 June 1896. 

 no. 11, p. 10. 



Color in summer dark brown above, pure white below, taxi forming atout 

 one fourth of total length, the terminal third black, winter coat pure white 

 except tip of tail, which remains black. Total lengtb, male, 285 (llj). 



