taxidea. mephitis. 405 



American Badger. 



Type locality. Hudson Bay. 



Geogr. Distr. Hudson Bay, British North America, in north lati- 

 tude 58°, and in the United States from Wisconsin south to Okla- 

 homa Territory, west to Rocky Mountains. Formerly it was found 

 as far east as Ohio. 



a. Taxidea taxus neglecta (Meams). 



Taxidea americana neglecta Meams, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



N. Y., 1891, p. 250. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



Pub., IT, 1901, p. 321. Zool. Ser. 

 California Badger. 



Type locality. Fort Crook, Shasta County, California. 

 Geogr. Distr. California. 



b. Taxidea taxus berlandieri (Baird), 



Taxidea berlandieri Baird, N. Am. Mamm., 1857, p. 205. 

 Taxidea americana berlandieri Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



Pub., II, 1901, p. 321. Zool. Ser. 

 Taxidea taxus berlandieri Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 



Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. 11, 1904, p. 503, figs. 93 and 



Lxx. Zool. Ser. 

 Berlandier's Badger. 



Type locality. Llano Estacado, Texas, near border of New Mexico. 

 Geogr. Distr. Texas, Oklahoma Territory, New Mexico, and Ari- 

 zona, and State of Tamaulipas, Mexico. 



c. Taxidea taxus infusca Thomas. 



Taxidea taxus infusca Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1898, p. 899. 



Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, 



Pt. II, 1904, p. 505. Zool. Ser. 

 Lower California Badger. 



Type locality. Santa Anita, Lower California, Mexico. 

 Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



Genus 124. Mephitis. SkiiiikH. 



Mephitis Cuv., Lemons d'Anat. Comp., Class Mamm., i, 1800, Tabl. 

 I. Type? "Les Moufettes!" 

 Chincha Less., Nouv. Tabl. R^gn. Anim., 1842, p. 67. 

 Leucomitra Howell, N. Am. Faun., No. 20, 1901, p. 39, pis. iv, 



VIII. 



