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INTRODUCTION. - 
Geomys? talpoides, 
Diplostoma ? 
Lepus Virginianus. 
Equus caballus. 
Cervus alces. 
9,  strongyloceros. 
3» . macrotis. 
>,  leucurus. 
Antilope furcifer. 
Bos Americanus. 
The fur-bearing animals also exist in the belts of wood which skirt 
the rivers that flow through the plains; and the wolverene wanders 
over them as it does through every part of the northern extremity of 
America. The mephitis Americana Hudsonica breeds freely there ; 
and the raccoon is found on the banks of the Red River, which is its 
most northern limit. 
The following animals are found on the Rocky Mountains :— 
Vespertilio subulatus, 
Sorex palustris. 
Ursus Americanus. 
sg) METOKS 
Gulo luscus. 
Mustela (Putorius) erminea. 
en 35 vison. 
>» martes. 
> Canadensis. 
Mephitis P 
Lutra Canadensis. 
Canis lupus et ejus varietates, 
»> (Vulpes) fulvus et ejus varietates. 
Felis Canadensis. 
Castor fiber, Americanus. 
Fiber zibethicus. 
Arvicola riparius. 
nbs xanthognathus. 
»» | Novoboracensis. 
»  (Georychus) helvolus. 
Neotoma Drummondii. 
Mus leucopus. 
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