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Map illustrating the supposed range of the New York Weasel (Putorius noveboracensis) in eastern 
United States. 
Putorius longicauda spadix Bancs. 
Minnesota LONG-TAILED WEASEL. 
Putorius longicauda spadix BANGs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., X, 1896, p. 8. MILLER, 
Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XXVIII, 1897, p. 44 (Ontario). 
Type locality — Fort Snelling, Minnesota. 
Distribution — Minnesota and western Wisconsin; limits of range not 
known. Probably intergrades with P. longicauda in western 
Minnesota or eastern Dakota. 
Description — In summer: Upper parts brown, approaching the color 
of P. noveboracensis; under parts whitish tinged with pale saffron 
buff (quite different from the lemon yellow wash of noveboracensis) ; 
greater portion of fore and hind feet whitish like the under parts; 
chin and upper lip white; tail long, the black tip short, being less 
than one fourth length of tail; skull somewhat heavier and zygomata 
more widely expanded than in noveboracensis. 
In winter: White all over, without yellow tinge; end of tail black; 
some specimens occasionally show a slight yellowish wash on the tail. 
