=North Dakota.= _Walsh County_: Grafton, 15 (3[60], 1[93], 5[2],
2[14], 1[74], 1[1], 1[76]). _McHenry County_: 4 and 4-1/2 mi. N
Upham, 2. _Wells County_: 1[36]. _Morton County_: Mandan, 1[60].
=Ontario.= Algoma Dist: Tatnall, near Oba, 1[86]. Moose Factory,
1[75].
=Quebec.= Island S of Comb Hills, James Bay, 1[9]. _Saguenay
County_: Natashkwan, 1.
=Saskatchewan.= Osler, 1[75]; "near Regina," 1[77]; Dollard,
2[31]; Shaunavon (and "near" and 1 mi. NE), 9[77]; Klintowel P. O.
(about 15 mi. N of Eastend), 1[77]; Eastend and "near" Eastend,
2[77].
=Mustela rixosa allegheniensis= (Rhoads)
Least Weasel
Plates 14, 15 and 41
_Putorius allegheniensis_ Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philadelphia, 1900:751, March 25, 1901.
_Putorius rixosus allegheniensis_, Cory, Mamm. Illinois and
Wisconsin, p. 378, 1912.
_Mustela allegheniensis_, Miller, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull., 79:96,
December 31, 1912.
_Mustela rixosa allegheniensis_, Swenk, Journ. Mamm., 7:328,
November 23, 1926.
_Type._--Probably male adult, skin and skull, no. 6195, Acad. Nat.
Sci. Philadelphia; near Beallsville, Washington Co., Pa.; about
1885 or 1886; obtained by Robert Hawkins.
Type not seen by me.
_Range._--Wisconsin, northern Illinois, northern Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania east to Dauphin County and south in
the mountains to northwestern North Carolina. See figure 28 on
page 180.
_Characters for ready recognition._--Distinguished from _M. r.
rixosa_ by three average differences, namely, darker color,
shorter tympanic bullae, and smaller size of males; from _M. r.
campestris_ in smaller size: hind foot less than 25 in males and
less than 22 in females; in males total length less than 216 and
tail averaging less than 34, color averaging darker; from _M.
frenata_ and _M. erminea_ of same region by basilar length less
than 31, tail less than 45, and lacking black pencil.
_Description._--_Size._--Male: An adult or subadult from Fair
Oaks, Pa., a subadult from Finleyville, Pa., and an adult from
Huttonsville, W. Va., measure, respectively as follows: Total
length, 206, 194, 191 (average 197); length of tail, 37, 32, 28
(32); length of hind foot, 23 in each. An adult from Roanoke,
Indiana, weighs 40.6 grams.
Female: Two young from Leasuresville, Pa., and Middle Paxton
Twp., Pa., measure, respectively, as follows: Total length, 188,
172; length of tail, 33, 30; length of hind foot, 20.5, 21. An
adult from Monroeville, Ohio, weighs 40.5 grams and a young
individual from Middle Paxton Twp., Pa., 39.3 grams, and a
subadult from Swan Creek Exp. Station, Allegan Co., Mich., weighs
49 grams.
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