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Spilogale interrupta (Rafinesque). Prairie Spotted Skunk. Four specimens 
were obtained from the vicinity of Ruthven, on December 5, 1908, December 
ID, 1910, November, 1911, and April, 1912. The first three were taken by Hansen. 
The species (locally known as the “civit cat” or “little spotted skunk”) is very 
common in Clay arid Palo Alto Counties. In the fall it is often found about 
farm buildings. It is chiefiy nocturnal, and generally has little fear of man. 
A large male measures as follows: length 555 mm., tail 225 mm., hind foot 
55 mm. A female taken near Ruthven, in November, 1911, measures as fol- 
lows: length 485 mm., tail vertebrae 180 mm., hind foot 48 mm. 
Putorius longicaudus (Bonaparte). Long-tailed Weasel. — Hansen secured an 
adult male near Ruthven, December 5, 1908, which measures: length 555 mm., 
tail 220 mm., foot 55 mm. 
Lasiurus cinereus (Beauvois). Hoary Bat. — A single specimen was taken by 
Nels Hansen, August 18, 1911, in a grove in Palo Alto County. This adult 
female weighed 3 ounces and measured as follows: length 145 mm., tail 60 mm., 
hind foot 15 mm. 
