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
_Mustela erminea arctica_ Ognev, The mammals of U. S. S. R. and
adjacent countries, 3:31, 1935.
_Specimens examined._--Four from _Alaska_: N side Salcha River, 600
ft., 25 mi. S and 20 mi. E Fairbanks.
_Remarks._--One ermine was caught in a rat trap; the others were taken
within 50 yards of the trapped animal by attracting them with
squeaking calls to within shooting range. One of the weasels
approached to within ten feet of Alcorn, while he was making the
mentioned call.
Mustela erminea richardsonii Bonaparte
Ermine
_Mustela richardsonii_ Bonaparte, Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist.,
2:38, January, 1838. (Type from Fort Franklin, at western end of
Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie district, Northwest Territories, Canada.)
_Mustela erminea richardsonii_ Hall, Jour. Mamm., 26:180,
July 19, 1945.
_Specimens examined._--One from _Yukon Territory_: McIntyre Creek,
2250 ft., 3 mi. NW Whitehorse.
Mustela erminea alascensis (Merriam)
Ermine
_Putorius richardsonii alascensis_ Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 11:12,
June 30, 1896. (Type from Juneau, Alaska.)
_Mustela erminea alascensis_ Hall, Jour. Mamm., 26:180,
July 19, 1945.
_Specimens examined._--One from _Alaska_: E side Chilkat River, 100
ft., 9 mi. W and 4 mi. N Haines.
Mustela vison energumenos (Bangs)
Mink
_Putorius vison energumenos_ Bangs, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.,
27:5, March, 1896. (Type from Sumas, British Columbia, Canada.)
_Mustela vison energumenos_ Miller, North Amer. Land Mamm. 1911,
p. 101, December 31, 1912.
_Specimen examined._--One (broken and unsexed skull) from _Yukon
Territory_: Champagne, N side Dezadeash River.
_Remarks._--While studying moose at Medicine Lake, near Circle Hot
Springs, Alaska, on August 9, 1947, Alcorn observed some mink
concerning which he records the following: "After waiting about an
hour a large mink was seen traveling northward on land at the edge of
the lake. It continued and went out of sight. I waited about two
minutes and then started a series of loud squeaks. To our surprise we
soon saw what we judged was the same mink. In company with this mink
were five others.... These mink were much interested in the squeaking
noise and some came within 10 feet of me. They stayed on land most of
the time but some of them made short swims a few feet out into the
lake. One had a white chin, another had a white spot on its chest.
This group may have been an adult female with her young."
Martes pennanti columbiana Goldman
Fisher
_Martes pennanti columbiana_ Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
48:176, November 15, 1935. (Type from Stuart Lake, near headwaters
of Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada.)
_Specimens examined._--Total 2, as follows: _British Columbia_: 14 mi.
N Fort Halkett, W side Smith River, 1; N side Liard River, Fort
Halkett, 1.
Martes americana actuosa (Osgood)
Marten
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