Mammals taken Along the Alaska HighwayBaker, Rollin H. (Rollin Harold)
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Mammals taken Along the Alaska Highway
Baker, Rollin H. (Rollin Harold)
Mammals -- North America
_Canis lupus columbianus_ Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
54:110, September 30, 1941. (Type from Wistaria, north side of Ootsa
Lake, Coast District, British Columbia, Canada.)
_Specimens examined._--One from _British Columbia_: Screw Creek, 10
mi. S and 50 mi. E Teslin.
Vulpes fulva abietorum Merriam
Red Fox
_Vulpes alascensis abietorum_ Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci.,
2:669, December 28, 1900. (Type from Stuart Lake, British Columbia,
Canada.)
_Vulpes fulva abietorum_ Bailey, Nature Mag., 28:317, November 1936.
_Specimens examined._--Total 11, as follows: _Yukon Territory_: 6 mi.
SW Kluane, 2559 ft., 1; Marshall Creek, 3 mi. N Dezadeash River, 6;
Champagne, N side Dezadeash River, 3; 1½ mi. E Tatshenshini River, 1½
mi. S and 3 mi. E Dalton Post, 1.
_Remarks._--Specimens obtained are skulls only, mostly taken in the
winter months by trappers. One fox was found dead with porcupine
quills stuck in and around its mouth.
Ursus americanus cinnamomum Audubon and Bachman
Black Bear
_Ursus americanus var. cinnamomum_ Audubon and Bachman, Quadr.
North Amer., 3; 125, 1854. (Type from Northern Rocky Mountains.)
_Specimens examined._--Total 3, as follows: _British Columbia_: 10 mi.
W Fort Nelson, 1; Buckinghorse River, 94 mi. S Fort Nelson, 2.
_Remarks._--One large, unsexed skull from Buckinghorse River with part
of the rostrum gone has the frontal shield strongly dished. A young
adult female taken 10 miles west of Fort Nelson on August 23, 1948,
has the following external measurements: Total length, 1345; tail, 65;
hind foot, 256; ear from notch, 135.
Ursus species
Grizzly
_Specimens examined._--Total 5, as follows: _Yukon Territory_: E side
Aishihik River, 17 mi. N Canyon, 1; Unahini River, 5 mi. N and 1 mi. E
Dalton Post, 1; Unahini River, 3 mi. N and 1 mi. E Dalton Post, 2.
_British Columbia_: Buckinghorse River, 94 mi. S Fort Nelson, 1.
_Remarks._--Of three specimens obtained at the Unahini River, two
males resemble each other closely, while the third, an old adult
represented by an unsexed skull with broken cranium, is markedly
different, the skull being noticeably shorter with shorter rostrum and
lower jaw and other distinctive features. It closely resembles the
skull of an adult male taken at the Aishihik River. Furthermore, the
first two animals show close relationships with an unsexed skull which
Alcorn obtained at the Buckinghorse River in British Columbia.
Two males taken at the Unahini River in the Yukon Territory have the
following external measurements: Total length, 1933, 1812; tail, 150,
96; hind foot, 262, 260; ear from notch, 129, 131. Other specimens,
skulls only, obtained from native hunters, are partly broken. Alcorn
writes that the local hunters always shoot a grizzly in the head to be
certain that it is dead.
Mustela erminea arctica (Merriam)
Ermine
_Putorius arcticus_ Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 11:15, June 30, 1896.
(Type from Point Barrow, Alaska.)
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