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Gulo luscus (Linn.). Wolverine. 
We have no positive record of the wolverine from Shasta, but it is 
known to occur on both the Cascades and the Sierra, and one was killed 
near Carberry Ranch, between Mounts Shasta and Lassen, about the 
year 1893 (reported by C. P. Streator). 
Wolverines are notorious wanderers and it is most probable that they 
occur on Shasta at intervals, even if they do not permanently live 
there—which is by no means certain. 
Taxidea taxus (Schreber). Badger. 
Very rare on Shasta. In the trail between Wagon Camp and Squaw 
Creek Camp fresh tracks were seen August 4, by Vernon Bailey, and 
in Shasta Valley, at the north base of the mountain, badger holes were 
reported by W. H. Osgood, who also found a dead badger in the road 
a few miles east of McCloud Sawmill. 
Mephitis occidentalis Baird. Large Skunk. 
Common in the low country around Shasta. On ‘Horse Trail,’ lead- 
ing up the mountain from Sisson, Bailey saw their tracks as high as 
an altitude of 6,500 feet. At Sisson they are particularly abundant in 
the wet meadows and thickets, wherein September Kh. T. Fisher caught 
two along Cold Creek. In Shasta Valley they are also common and 
several were caught by W. H. Osgood and R. T. Fisher. 
Spilogale latifrons Merriam. Little Spotted Skunk. 
Not obtained by us, but known to occur in the general neighborhood 
of Shasta, both north and south of the mountain. In March, 1884, 
C. H. Townsend caught one on McCloud River, about midway between 
the mouth of this stream and Mount Shasta. 
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Lutreola vison energumenos (Bangs). Pacific Mink. 
Common along the streams at Sisson, where R. T. Fisher caught two, 
one on Cold Creek, the other on the upper Sacramento River. 
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