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PUTORIUS NIGRESCENS . — A u d . and Bach 
Mountain-Brook Mink. 
PLATE C X X I V. — Male. 
P. Saturate fuscus, corpore minore quam in P. Visone, pedibus minus 
pi ofunde palmatis, auriculis amplioribus et longioribus, vellere molliore et 
mtidiore quam in isto, dentibus longioribus in maxilla inferiore quam in 
superiore. 
CHARACTERS. 
Smaller than P. Yison ; teeth in the under jaw larger than the corresponding 
teeth in the upper jaw ; feet, less deeply palmated than in P. Yison ; ears, 
broader and longer ; fur, softer and more glossy. Colour, dark brownish-black. 
Mountain-Mink, of hunters. 
SYNONYME. 
DESCRIPTION. 
In form, in dentition, and in the shape of the feet, this species bears a 
strong resemblance to a stout weasel ; the head is broad and depressed, 
and shorter and more blunt than the head of Putorius Vison. 
Ears, large, oval, and slightly acute, covered on both surfaces with short 
fui , legs, rather short and stout ; feet, small, and less webbed than in P. 
Vison. The callosities under the toes are more prominent than in that 
species, and the palms scarcely half as long. Whiskers, very numerous 
springing from the sides of the face near the nose ; the body is covered 
with two kinds of hair, the under fur soft, and the long sparsely distributed 
hairs, coarse but smooth and glossy. 
The toes are covered with short hairs almost concealing the nails, and 
the hairs between the toes leave only the tubercles or callosities on th6 
under side of them visible. 
COLOUR. 
Pur, blackish-brown from the roots to the tips; whiskers and ears, 
blackish-brown ; a patch on the chin, white ; under surface of body, a 
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