524 The American Naturalist. [June, 
_ Mexican Gray Wolf, Canis lupus mexicanus (Linneus), Syst. Nat., 
1766, p. 60. 
If we consider the American Wolf a distinct species from the Euro- 
pean, and the Mexican animal a subspecies, their names should stand 
Canis mexicanus Linneus (sup cit.) and Canis mexicanus nubilus 
(Say.) (sup cit.). Canis lupus griseo-albus (Sabine) J. A. Allen, is in- 
admissible. Canis lupus griseus Sab. is antedated by C. griseus 
Boddaert, Elench. Anim., 1784, p. 97. 
8. American Gray Fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Miller), Natur- 
sys. Suppl., 1776, p. 29. Müller’s name, as in the case (sup. cit.) of 
Atalapha borealis, has priority over Erxleben’s Urocyon virginianus, 
Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, p. 567. 
9. American Red Fox, Vulpes pensylvanicus (Boddaert), Elench. 
Anim., 1784. p. 97. 
As cited by Gray, Cat. Brit. Mus. Carniv., 1869, 205, this name 
has long priority over Vulpes fulvus (Desmarest), Mam., 1820, p. 203. 
10. Canada Otter, Lutra canadensis (Schreber). The “Mustela 
lutra canadensis” of Schreber, Saugt., III, 1778, pp. 458, 588, pl. 
exxvi, 8, has priority over Lutra canadensis (Turton) Syst. Nat., 
1802, p. 57, to whom this name has been accredited. “ Lutra hudson- 
ica Lacepede” is a reference I am unable to find. 
11. Ursus americanus cinnamomum Aud. & Bach., N. Amer. Quad., 
IIT, 1853, p. 125, is a synonym of Ursus horribilis Ord, Guth. Geog., 
1815, p. 291. Both are based on the “ Brown” Grizzlies of Lewis and 
Clark, from the Missouri Valley. These bears should stand as Ursus 
arctos horribilis (Ord). The Pacific Coast Grizzly (if separable) should 
be named Ursus arctos horriaeus Baird, U. S. Mex. B’dry Sur., 1859, 
p. 24. 
12. American Black Bear, Ursus americanus Pallas, Spic. Zool., 
1780, pp. 6-24. This form, with its brown and yellow variants, is 
sufficiently constant to remain specifically separable from arctos. Ursus 
luteolus Griffith (vid Merriam, Proe. Biol. Soc. Washn., 1893, p. 147), if 
not distinct from it, is a well-defined variety of americanus. Its affini- 
ties with arctos are much more remote. 
13. American Badger, Taxidea taxus (Schreber), Saugt., III, 1778, 
p. 520, pl. 142, 2. Taxus, in a specific sense, has long been misap- 
plied to the European Badger. Schreber originally gave it to the 
American species, and his name antedates Taxidea americana (Bod- 
daert), Elench. Anim., I, 1784, p. 186. The European Badger will 
stand as Meles meles (Linnzus). : 
