ANIMALS IN MASSACHUSETTS- 



I.— MAMMALIA : 



OR ANIMALS WHICH SUCKLE THEIR YOUNG. 



In preparing the following Catalogue of our mammiferous ani- 

 mals, I have been permitted to make free use of notes kindly fur- 

 nished by Dr. T. W. Harris ; a gentleman so well known as an ac- 

 curate zoologist, that the value of this Catalogue would have been 

 much enhanced, could he have been persuaded to make it entirely 

 his own. 



ORDER I — CARNASSIERS. 



Vespertilio. 



pruinosus, Say. Hoary Bat. 



noveboracensis, Linnaeus. Red or New York Bat, 

 Sorex. 



brevieaudus, S. Short tail Shrew. 

 Scalops. 



Canadensis, Cuvier. Mole. 

 Condylura. 



cristata, Desmarest. Star-nose Mole. 



macroura, Harlan. Thick-tailed star-nose Mole 

 Ursus. 



Americanus, Pallas. Black Bear. * 

 Procyon. 



lotor, L. Raccoon. 



Gulo. 



luscus, L. Wolverene, f 

 Mustela (Putorius.) 



vulgaris, L. Weasel t 

 erminea, L. Ermine II 



Canadensis, L. Fisher Weasel. (Dr. Emmons) 

 Imartes, L. Pine Martin. 



vison, L. (lutreola, Harlan and Godman.) Mink. 

 Mephitis. 



Americana, Desmarest. Skunk. 

 Lutra. 



_ Canadensis, Sabine. (Brasiliensis, Harlan and Godman.) Land Otter. 

 Canis. 



(Lupus) occidentalis, Richardson. Wolf. 



* The long-legged variety is most common on Hoosic mountain, but the short-legged variety has 

 been killed there according to Dr. Emmons, 

 t On Hoosic mountain rare— Dr. Emmons. 



I The Weasel becomes white in the winter like the ermine, from which it is not distinguished by 

 hunters. 



n The ermine in its summer dress, greatly resembles the weasel. 



