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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Vol. 4, pp. 1-466, plates 1-41, 31 figures in text December 27, 1951
AMERICAN WEASELS
BY
E. RAYMOND HALL
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE 1951
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, A. Byron Leonard, Edward H. Taylor, Robert W. Wilson
Vol. 4, pp. 1-466, plates 1-41, 31 figures in text
December 27, 1951
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas
PRINTED BY FERD VOILAND, JR., STATE PRINTER
TOPEKA, KANSAS 1951
23-3758
American Weasels
BY
E. RAYMOND HALL
MATERIALS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND METHODS 21
VARIATION 24 Variation with Age 24 Secondary Sexual Variation 26 Individual Variation 28 Seasonal Variation 30 Variation in Coloration and Molt 30 Variations of Taxonomic Worth 44
DISTRIBUTION AND SPECIATION 54
HISTORY OF CLASSIFICATION 69 Chronological List (annotated) of Specific and Subspecific Names Applied to American Weasels 71
CHECK-LIST OF AMERICAN SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OF THE GENUS MUSTELA 81
ARTIFICIAL KEY TO AMERICAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS MUSTELA 83
DIAGNOSIS OF THE GENUS 83
EXPLANATION OF SYSTEMATIC TREATMENT 84
SYSTEMATIC ACCOUNTS OF SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES 87 Mustela erminea 87 Mustela rixosa 168 Mustela frenata 193 Mustela africana 406
EXPLANATION OF CRANIAL MEASUREMENTS 417
TABLE OF CRANIAL MEASUREMENTS 418
LITERATURE CITED 442
INDEX 461
American Weasels
By E. RAYMOND HALL