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<br />GL'ustela ntigripcs <br />l~:ust~la visor. <br />(C:clo gulo <br />(Taxidea taxes <br />SpiZoc~ale putprius <br />1•!ephitis mephitis <br />lLutra canadensis <br />'' <br />Black-footed Ferret)@ <br />Mink <br />Wolverine)~f <br />Badger)* <br />Spotted Skunk <br />Strip~:d Skunk <br />River Otter)~j <br />~2:ot actually recorded for Boulder County; presently endangered, and <br />probably very scarce, in Colorado. <br />,F <br />''Presently either extinct or very rare in Colorado. <br />*Armstrong (1972) does not report any specimens from.Eoulder County, but <br />si,ocos the Badger's range as to include the whole county. <br />The tlarten is found only at higher elevations; the Ermine rarely occurs <br />as loco as the IIennigh-Zie$le study area; the Black-footed Ferret, <br />idolverine and River Otter are either extinct in Colorado, or else so <br />rare as to render their occurrence in this study area exceedingly <br />unlikely; although we did not record the other 5 mustelids on tke study <br />area, the Long-tailed Weasel, Mink, Badger, and Striped and Spotted <br />Skunks, it seem likely that all of these could be expected, at .least <br />rarely. <br />Fatiuly Felidae <br />Felis concolor <br />(L~nx caradensis <br />Cats <br />Mountain Lion <br />Canada Lynx)* <br />Ly~rx rufus Bobcat <br />*l.iti:ouC?: Armstrong (1972) examined no specimens from Boulder County, <br />il~ ..:,c•.•ed the extreme western part of the county as within the range <br />c~ t!ic Canada .Lynx, which no~o may be extinct in Colorado. <br />