JUNE, 1901. LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS ELLIOT. 509 



78. Procyoii. Storr, 1780. 



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496. Procyon lotor. (Linn.) 317 



Procijoii lotor hernandezi. Wagl 317 



Procyon lotor jm1U(1us. Merr 318 



Procyon lotor jxicifi-cns. Merr 319 



Procyon lotor elucits. Bangs 319 



Fa ni. V. Hustelidae. 

 Sub. Fam. I. Melinae. 



79. Taxidea. Waterh., 1838. 



497. Taxidea americana. (Bodd.) 320 



Ta.videa americana neglecta. Mearns 321 



l<i.\-\(lea aniericana berlandieri. Baird 321 



8O. Mephitis. Cuv., 1800. 



498. Mephitis mephitica. (Shaw.) 322 



Mephitis mephitica hudsonia. Rich 322 



Mephitis mephitica scrutator. Bangs 324 



499. Mephitis elongata. Bangs 324 



500. Mephitis occidentalis. Baird 324 



501. Mephitis milleri. Mearns 325 



502. Mephitis mesomelas. Licht 325 



503. Mephitis estor. Merr 326 



504. Mephitis spissigrada. Bangs 326 



505. Mephitis faetulenta. Elliot 326 



506. Mephitis avia. Bangs 327 



81. *Conepatus. 



I. 3=3; C. !=!; P. ^; M. ^ = 32. 



. 3 3 I1 J 3 2 2 



Conepatus. Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 2nd; i, 1837, p. 581. 

 Body stouter than Mephitis; nostrils opening downward and for- 

 ward, not laterally. First premolar absent. Pterygoid fossae short 

 and rather narrow; palate extending beyond posterior border of molar. 

 Postorbital processes generally absent. Superior outline of skull a 

 gradual curve from occiput to end of premaxillaries. Fore claws 

 large and strong. 



* Omitted in Synopsis. 



