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Show APPENDIX C- MAMMALS. 311 2. PUTORIUS VISON, Lin.- Mink Putorim vison, Dtkay, N. T. ZooL pL 1, p. 87;- r- And. ft Baoh. Qnadropeds, L 250, pi. 88. The WelMtnown and destructive mink appears td be common in the valley of Salt Lake, several specimens having been procured. The colour is more uniform than common in Eastern specimens, there being no trace of' the yellow spot on the chin. In one individual, however, the edge of the lower lips is white. S. PUTORIUS ERMINBA, Lin.- Ermine. Putorius noveboracensis, Dekay, - N. T. Zo<£. pi. I, p. 86. Putorius erminea, And. ft Baoh. II. 86, pL 59. This species occurs abundantly throughout the northern and . temperate parts of the whole northern hemisphere. 4. MELES LABRADORIA, Sabine.- Badger. Meiet labradoria, Sabine. Captain Franklin's Narrative, p. 649;- Richardson, F. B. A. L. p. 87;- And. ft Baoh. Quad. I. 860, pi, 47. The American badger is found in the interior of North America, especially in the regions bordering on the Rocky Mountain ranges. ) . • 5. GULO LTJSCUS, L.- Wolverene. Utsus Uncus, L. Syst. Nat. Gulo luseus, Rich, F! B. A. I. f 41;- And. ft Baoh. Quad. I. 202, pi. 26. . . The wolverene, known also as carcajou and glutton, is an inhabitant of the arctic regions of the northern hemisphere, extending as far north as. lat. 75. In North America, it is an inhabitant cf the whole of the British and Russian possessions. It is found sparingly in Maine, Massachusetts, and Northern New York, although exceedingly rare. Farther west it is more abundant, particularly along the upper Missouri and the Rocky Mountain ranges. The locality here assigned, of Salt Lake, is the. most southern limit yet given. To the traveller and trapper on the prairies or among the mountains, the wolverene is the greatest nuisance imaginable |
