248 CALIFORNIA MAMMAUS. 



Putorius muricus Bangs. (Of the mice.) 



LITTLE WEASEL. 



Very small ; above drab brown tinged with reddish or choco- 

 late; tail with black tip; upper lip, under parts and feet white; 

 skull with inflated squamosals. 



Length about 220 mm. (8.65 inches) ; tail vertebrae 60 

 (2.40) ; hind foot 31 (1.20). 



Type locality, Echo, Eldorado County, California. 



