MAMMALS-MARTINAE—-PUTORIUS LONG I CAUDA. 
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Measurements. 
Current 
number. 
Locality. 
From tip of nose to— 
Tail to end of— 
Length of— 
Dusky of 
tail. 
Skull. 
Nature of 
specimen. 
Eye. 
Ear. 
Occip. 
Tail. 
Verteb. 
Hairs. 
Fore ft. 
Hind ft. 
1413 
Boston, Mass.. 
.70 
1. 55 
2. 14 
10. 30 
5. 20 
6 . 60 
1.30 
1.75 
2.70 
In alcohol . 
2313 
Illinois_ 
2.10 
8 . 50 
4. 20 
1.10 
1. 50 
17 
Carlisle_ 
11 . 00 
5.50 
6 . 92 
1. 93 
Skin. 
List of specimens. 
Catalogue 
number. 
Corresponding 
No. of skull. 
Sex & 
age. 
Locality. 
When 
collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Mature of spe- 
men. 
17 
624 
Carlisle, Pa _ __ 
Dec. 15, 1845 
S. F. Baird. 
Skin 
835 
Elizabethtown, N. Y. _ _ 
Nov. 1854... 
_do 
do 
1412 
Saranac Lake, N. Y_ 
Summer_ 
M. Baker_ 
1413 
Boston, Mass__-_ 
Winter, 1855 
Dr. T. M. Brewer_ 
In alcohol . . 
2313 
Q ' 
Illinois _____r_ c L 
R. Kennicott_ 
_do__ __ 
434 
Racine, Wis 
A. C. Barry_ 
Mounted_ 
2318 
Bradford county, Pa__ 
C. C. Martin_ 
Skin in alc l. 
436 
1302 
Fort Smith, Ark .. 
Dr. G. G. Shumard... 
Mounted_ 
PUTORIUS LONGICAUDA. 
Mustela longicauda, Bonap. in Charlesworth’s Mag. N. H. II, Jan. 1838, 38. (Based on Richardson’s description.) 
Putorius longicauda, Rich, (ex Bonap.) Zoology Beechey’s Voyage to Pacific, 1839. Mammalia, 10.* 
Mustela ( Puhrius ) erminea, Rich. F. B. A. I, 1829, 46. (“Carlton House variety, with long tail.”) 
Sp. Ch —Length to tail about eleven inches. Tail vertebrie about half this length. Black of tail about one-fourth its length. 
Above, light olivaceous brown; beneath, brownish yellow; edge of upper lip and chin white. In winter, white; tail with 
black tip. Light space on belly much wider than in P. noveboracensis. Muzzle broad. 
This species, which belongs to the section of ermine weasels, is larger than any of its 
congeners, excepting the American ermines. Like the P. nigripes of Aud. and Bachman, it 
is characterized by the breadth of the muzzle, as very distinctly shown in the skull. The hair 
is everywhere remarkably stiff, coarse, and short, fully equalling in this respect the fur of P. 
frenata. The ears are rather short and low, the meatus quite concealed by stiff, bristly hairs. 
The naked portion of the muzzle is large and prominent. 
The vertebrm of the tail (as ascertained before skinning) are nearly half the length of the head 
and body, (5^ and 12^ inches ; the hairs (i-| inches.) The hairs of the tail are stiff, long, and 
bristly, though rather sparse ; the brush at the end fuller than in P. noveboracensis, less so than 
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