<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">READING, Joanna</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BLACK, David</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Howard G. SAVAGE,</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">THE 'MONSTROUS MINK': EVIDENCE FOR EXTINCT SEA MINK IN CANADA</style></title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1996</style></year></dates><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Halifax</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Weir Site (BgDq-6), a prehistoric shell midden located on the Bliss Islands, Quoddy Region, New Brunswick, has yielded several specimens of bone identified as Mustela macrodon, the 'sea mink'. This fur bearer has been extinct since the 19th century, and is known through historical accounts and archaeological bone, mostly from the Maine coast. The exciting aspect of the Weir find is that these are the first remains to be found in Canada, suggesting the possibility of a Canadian population of sea mink. The bones are in good condition and show evidence of skinning. From a late 18th-century site on the same islands, another possible sea mink bone may indicate the long duration of such a population. These finds have important implications for both prehistoric and historic studies of subsistence in the region.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>