Skeleton of extinct North American sea mink (Mustela macrodon)

Quaternary Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 247-262

  Mead, Jim I ^a,b   Spiess, Arthur E ^c   Sobolik, Kristin D ^d  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Museum Northern Arizona   (United States)

^c Maine Hist Preservation Commission   (United States)

^d University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinct sea mink; Maine; Mustela macrodon; Northeastern North America

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; MAMMAL; MIDDEN;

(NORTHEAST); NORTH AMERICA;

MACRODON; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA MACRODON; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 0034105590     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1999.2109     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Anderson E. Pleistocene Mustelidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Fairbanks, Alaska. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 148:1977;1-21.
2. Anderson E. Review of the small carnivores of North American during the last 3.5 million years. Contributions in Quaternary Vertebrate Paleontology: A Volume in Memorial to John E. Guilday. 1984;. p. 257-266.
3. Belcher W. R. Archaeological Investigations at the Knox Site (30-21), East Penobscot Bay, Maine. 1988;University of MaineInstitute for Quaternary Studies, Orono.
4. Bourque B. J. Comments on the late Archaic populations of central Maine: The view from the Turner Farm. Arctic Anthropology. 12:1975;35-45.
5. Bourque B. J. The Turner Farm Site: A preliminary report. Man in the Northeast. 11:1976;21-30.
6. Bourque B. J. The Turner Farm archaeological project. National Geographic Society Research Reports. 15:1983;59-65.
7. Bourque B. J. Prehistory of the Central Maine Coast. 1987;Harvard University, Cambridge.
8. Bourque B. J. Diversity and Complexity in Prehistoric Maritime Societies: A Gulf of Maine Perspective. 1994;Plenum, New York.
9. Brown W. C. Comparative Osteology of Mustela vison Schreber and Martes americana Turton. 1966.
10. Chase T. H. Shell Midden Seasonality Using Multiple Faunal Indicators: Applications to the Archaeology of Boothbay, Maine. 1988;University of MaineInstitute for Quaternary Studies, Orono.
11. Hall, E. R.1936. Mustelid mammals from the Pleistocene of North American with systematic notes on some recent members of the genera Mustela, Taxidea, and Mephitis. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 473, pp. 41-119.
12. Hall E. R. The Mammals of North America. Volume 2. 1981;Wiley, New York.
13. Hardy M. The extinct mink from the Maine shell heaps. Forest and Stream. 61:1903;125.
14. Hollister N. A synopsis of the American minks. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum. 44:1912;471-480.
15. Humphrey S. R., Stezer H. W. Geographic variation and taxonomic revision of mink (Mustela vison) in Florida. Journal of Mammalogy. 70:1989;241-252.
16. Kurtén B., Anderson E. Pleistocene Mammals of North America. 1980;Columbia University Press, New York.
17. Linscombe G., Kinler N., Aulerich R. J. Mink. Chapman J. A., Feldhamer G. A. Wild Mammals of North America. 1982;629-643 Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
18. Loomis F. G. A new mink from the shell heaps of Maine. American Journal of Science. 31:1911;227-229.
19. Loomis F. G., Young D. B. On the shell heaps of Maine. American Journal of Science. 34:1912;17-42.
20. Manville R. H. The extinct sea mink, with taxonomic notes. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum. 122:1966;1-12.
21. Miller G. S. List of North American land mammals in the United States National Museum. U.S. National Museum Bulletin. 79:1912;1-455.
22. Prentiss D. W. Description of an extinct mink from the shell-heaps of the Maine coast. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum. 24:1903;887-888.
23. Sanger D. Culture changes as an adaptive process in the Maine-maritime region. Arctic Anthropology. 12:1975;60-75.
24. Sanger, D, and, Chase, T. 1983, An introduction to the archaeology of the Rogue Island group, Maine. Paper presented to the Canadian Archaeological Association.
25. Simpson G. G. Large Pleistocene felines of North America. American Museum Novitates. 1136:1941;1-27.
26. Simpson G. G., Roe A., Lewontin R. C. Quantitative Zoology. 1960;Harcourt Brace & Co. San Diego.
27. Sommer J. D. Investigation of the Faunal Remains from the Todd Site (17-11) Muscongus Bay, Maine. 1997;University of MaineInstitute for Quaternary Studies, Orono.
28. Spiess, A. E, and, Lewis, R. 1994, The Turner fauna: Five thousand years of hunting and fishing in Penobscot Bay, Maine. Occasional Publications in Maine Archaeology, The Maine Archaeological Society and the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Augusta.
29. Spiess A. E., Bourque B. J., Cox S. L. Cultural complexity in maritime cultures: Evidence from Penobscot Bay, Maine. Nash R. J. The Evolution of Maritime Cultures on the Northeast and the Northwest Coasts of America. 1983;91-111 Simon Fraser University Publication 11Department of Archaeology.
30. Spiess A. E., Bourque B. J., Gramly R. M. Early middle Archaic site distribution in western Maine. North American Archaeology. 4:1983;225-244.
31. Waters J. H., Ray C. E. Former range of the sea mink. Journal of Mammalogy. 42:1961;380-383.
32. Wright B. S. The sea mink of Fundy. Wildlife Sketches - Near and Far. 1962;. p. 143-151.
33. Youngman P. M. Mammals of the Yukon Territory. National Museum of Canada, Publication in Zoology. 10:1975;1-192.
34. Youngman P. M. Distribution and systematics of the European mink Mustela lutreola Linnaeus 1761. Acta Zoologica Fennica. 166:1982;1-48.
35. Youngman P. M. The Pleistocene small carnivores of eastern Beringia. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 107:1993;139-163.