MAMMALIA. 
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20. Lutra (enhydra) marina. The sea otter. (F. B. A. No. 21.) 
From Alaska to California. Named “natooneeshuck,” at Nootka. 
21. Canis Lupus, var. grisea. Grey wolf. (F. B. A. No. 22, p. 6G.) 
Nootka (Capt. Cook), and doubtless the whole north-west coast. 
Canis lupus, var. fusca. Brown wolf. (F. B. A. p. Gl.) 
A large brown wolf. \ said by Lewis and Clarke to resemble those of the United States in all respects ; 
inhabits California and the banks of the Columbia. They are represented as having the long narrow 
head, high ears, long legs, and narrow feet of the Pyrenean wolves. The grey wolf, on the other hand, 
is stronger limbed, has a broad, compact head, shorter ears, and, as might be expected from its more 
northern habitat, its fur is finer and longer. 
22. Canis latrans. The prairie wolf. (F. B. A. No. 23.) 
Plains of the Columbia. 
23. Canis ochropus. The cajote. (Eschscholtz, ZooI. Atl. pi. 11.) 
California. This animal differs from the prairie wolf in the same way that the brown wolf does 
from the grey one. It has a long narrow head, high ears, and a gaunt appearance ; but it barks like 
a dog as well as the canis latrans. It differs more decidedly from the prairie wolf of the Saskatchewan 
plains, than from that of the Missouri and Columbia, described by Say (Long’s Exped.), so that the 
variations may be owing to climate or local causes. 
24. Canis familiaris, var. Novce Caledonia. Carrier Indian dog. (F.B. A.p.82.) 
This variety of dog is reared for the chase of the moose, by the Indians of the Columbia and 
New Caledonia. It is singular that the domestic dog of the tribes dwelling west of the Rocky 
Mountains should have a short sleek coat of hair, while all the varieties of dog to the eastward in the 
same parallels are shaggy. 
25. Canis (vulpes) lagopus. Arctic fox. (F. B. A. No. 25.) 
From Alaska northwards. 
Canis lagopus, var . fuliginosa. Sooty fox. (F. B. A. p. 89.) 
Common in Behring’s Straits. 
26. Canis (vulpes) fulvus. American fox. (F. B. A. No. 26.) 
Plains of the Columbia, New Caledonia, Nootka, Prince William’s Sound. 
Canis fulvus, var. argentata e t decussata. Silver & cross foxes. (F. B. A.p.93.) 
Same localities. 
27. Canis (vulpes) vulgaris. The fox. (F. B. A. No. 28.) 
A fox skin, with shorter and coarser fur, and of a duller colour than C. fulvus, was brought from 
the north-west coast by Captain Beechey. It exhibits no characters by which it can be distinguished 
from the common European fox, and is doubtless the “common red fox” of Lewis and Clarke, which 
they found near the mouth of the Columbia, and describe as identical with the red fox of the United 
States. 
