520 



SPILOGALE. 



FIG. 98. SPILOGALE INTERRUPTA. 



No. 6878 Field Columbian Mus. Coll. Nat. size. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Sinaloa, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Size very small. Skull narrow, crown elevated; tail 

 less than half the length of body. 



Color. Black with white stripes and spots; white band across 

 face from ear to ear; two median gray dorsal bands extending to 

 rump, each divided by a narrow longitudinal black line; chin and two 

 stripes from it to the ear patches white; lateral stripe and one run- 

 ning up onto the thighs white, as is also the upper surface of feet; 

 inner side of legs black; tail at base above mixed black and white, 

 tip white; beneath black at base; rest white. 



