_Mustela erminea anguinae_ Hall, Journ. Mamm., 26:79, February 27,
1945; Hall, Journ. Mamm., 26:181, July 19, 1945.
_Type._--Male, adult, complete skeleton (no skin); no. 12482, Mus.
Vert. Zoöl., French Creek, Vancouver Island, British Columbia;
found as a desiccated carcass on May 1, 1910; obtained by Harry S.
Swarth.
_Range._--Vancouver Island, British Columbia. See figures 25, 27
pages 95, 149.
_Characters for ready recognition._--Differs from _M. e.
haidarum_, in both sexes, in light-colored underparts less than
half the width of dark-colored upper parts, proximal two-thirds of
under surface of tail colored like upper parts instead of
underparts, interorbital breadth less than distance between
glenoid fossa and posterior margin of external auditory meatus;
from _M. e. fallenda_, in both sexes, anterior margin of tympanic
bullae flush with squamosal rather than projecting from floor of
braincase, in males by sagittal crest absent, in females by total
length more than 238 and tooth-rows about same length as, instead
of longer than, tympanic bulla; from _M. e. streatori_, in male,
by sagittal crest absent and hind foot ordinarily more than 33.5,
in female by hind foot more than 27.5, basilar length more than
30.2; from _M. e. olympica_, in males, by greater average size,
hind foot ordinarily more than 33.4 and interorbital breadth
ordinarily more than 8.5, in females by larger size, total length
more than 235, tail more than 65, hind foot more than 27.5,
basilar length more than 30.2.
_Description._--_Size._--Male: Sixteen adults and subadults yield
average and extreme measurements as follows: Total length, 272
(261-284) mm.; length of tail, 81 (74-86); length of hind foot,
35.0 (33.5-36).
Female: Five adults and subadults have corresponding measurements
as follows: 247 (241-257); 69 (66-73); 30.0 (28.0-32.0).
_Color._--As described in _Mustela erminea streatori_ except that:
occasionally white in winter; upper parts about tone 2 of Dark
Chocolate of Oberthür and Dauthenay; least width of color of
underparts averaging, in 7 adult males, 6 (0-15) per cent of
greatest width of color of upper parts. Black tip of tail in same
series averaging 37 (26-46) mm. which is 46 (32-54) per cent of
length of tail-vertebrae.
_Skull._--Male (based on 13 adults): See measurements and plates
5-7. As described in _Mustela erminea richardsonii_ except that:
Weight, 1.2 (1.0-1.3) grams; basilar length, 34.0 (32.5-35.6);
length of tooth-rows more or less (usually less) than length of
tympanic bulla.
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