=Alaska.= Prince of Wales Island: Craig, 18 (10 in Mus. Vert.
Zoöl., and 8 in Los Angeles Mus. Hist. Art and Sci.); Kasaan Bay,
2; no locality more definite than the Island itself, 3; Dall
Island, Otter Harbor, 1 (Los Angeles Mus. Hist. Art and Sci.).
Long Island, Howkan, 1 (Field Mus. Nat. Hist.).
=Mustela erminea seclusa= Hall
Ermine
Plates 5, 6 and 7
_Mustela erminea seclusa_ Hall, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 57:39,
June 28, 1944; Hall, Journ. Mamm., 26:181, July 19, 1945.
_Type._--Male, adult, skull alone; no. 31232, Mus. Vert. Zoöl.;
Port Santa Cruz, Suemez Island, Alaska; March 24, 1920; obtained
by George Willett.
The skull (plates 5-7) is complete and unbroken. Of the upper
incisors only right I3 is present. Otherwise the teeth are present
and unbroken.
_Range._--Known only from the type locality. See figures 25, 26 on
pages 95, 134.
_Characters for ready recognition_ (only the male known).--Differs
from _M. e. celenda_ in basilar length less than 38.2, from _M. e.
salva_, _initis_ and _haidarum_ in zygomatic breadth more than
distance between last upper molar and jugular foramen.
_Description.--Size_ and _Color._--No external measurements or
skins available.
Skull.--Male: See measurements and plates 5-7. As described in
_Mustela erminea richardsonii_ except that: Weight, 1.8 grams;
basilar length, 34.3; length of tooth-rows about the same as
length of tympanic bulla; breadth of rostrum measured across
lacrimal processes more than a third of basilar length;
interorbital breadth more than distance between glenoid fossa and
posterior margin of external auditory meatus; zygomatic breadth
more than distance between last upper molar and jugular foramen.
Female.--Skull not available.
From _alascensis_ and _salva_, _seclusa_ differs in larger teeth,
shorter skull, much larger preorbital and interorbital regions,
actually as well as in relation to basilar length. Excepting the teeth,
which are of about the same size, the same general differences obtain
in comparison with _initis_ which, however, is 29 per cent heavier.
From _celenda_, _seclusa_ differs in smaller skull in all parts
measured, being 22 per cent lighter. The teeth are about the same size.
In relation to its length the skull of _seclusa_ is much broader and
deeper. From _haidarum_, _seclusa_ differs in: teeth larger; skull
shorter and more convex in dorsal outline along median longitudinal
axis; in relation to basilar length, skull broader, deeper and
braincase relatively shorter.
_Remarks._--The characters shown in the one available skull are far
outside the limits of individual variation for other known subspecies.
Other specimens are much to be desired to ascertain what the "average"
individual is like and to learn the characters of the female.
_Specimen examined._--One, the holotype.
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