A Catalogue of the Ashmolean Museum Author:Ashmolean Museum Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: MAMMALIA. 5 Gen. MUSTELA, Divided by Cuvier into four subgenera ; viz. the Putorii, or Polecats ; the Mustelae, or Martens ; the Mephites, or Mephitic Weasels... more » ; and the Lutrae, or Otters. Subgen. Putorius, Cuv.A 33. Pu. vulgaris. — Mustela putorius, Linn. — The Polecat. — Britain. [J. S. Duncan. 34. Pu. Mustela vulgaris, Linn. — Common Weasel. — Britain. [Rev. Dr. Buckland, Ch. Ch. 35. Pu. ermineus. — Mustela erminea, Linn. — The Ermine. — Britain. [Rev. Dr. B. 36. Pu. ermineus. — The same. — The Stoat. — Britain. [Rev. Dr. B. Subgen. Martes, Cuv.e 37. Mar. vulgaris. — Mustela Martes, Linn. — Pine Martin. — Britain. [J. S. Duncan. 38. Mar. zibellina. — Mustela zibellina, Linn. — (The Sable.) Siberia. [J. S. D. Subgen. Mephitis, Cuv.( 39. Me. Americana, Desm. — American mephitic Weasel. [Phil. Soc. New York. 40. Me. Americana, Desm. — The same. [J. S. Duncan. 41. Me. Javanensis, Desm. — Mydaiis Meliceps, Horsf. — The Telagon. — Java. [Hon. the E. I. Comp. Subgen. Lutra, Storr.s 42. Lu. vulgaris. — Mustela Lutra, Linn. — Common Otter. — Britain. [P. B. Duncan. 43. Lu. Canadensis, Sabine. — Canadian Otter. [Dr. Kidd. 44. Lu. Leptonyx, Horsf. — Javanese Otter (young). [Hon. the E. I. Comp. Gen. CANIS, Linn 45. Canis vulpes, Linn. — The Fox. — Britain . [ T. Staniforth,Esq. Ch. Ch. 46. Canis fulvus, Desm. — Fulvous Fox. — N. America. [R. S. Hawker, Esq. Magd. Hall. 47. Canis pictus, Desm. — Hyaena venatica, Burchell. — Cape of Good Hope. [J. S. Duncan. Gen. VIVERRA, Linn. Subgen. Viverra, Cuv. 48. Vi. zibetta, Gmel.— The Zibett.— Africa. [Rev. T. H. Scott. c Latin, probably a stoat, see Phaedrus and Horace. d From putor, a strong foetid scent. '' Latin name. f Latin, ill savour. ...« less