mephitis. 407 



Florida Skunk. 



Type locality. Micco, Brevard County, Florida. 



Geogr. Distr. Florida, vicinity of Lake Worth, to North Carolina; 

 mountains of West Virginia; west on Gulf coast to the Mississippi 

 River. 



987. Mephitis mesomelas Lichtenstein. 



Mephitis mesomelas Licht., Darst. Saugeth., 1832, Text, pi. 45, 



fig- 2. 

 Mephitis mephitica scrutator Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash'., x, 

 1896, p. 141. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 324. Zool. Ser. 

 Louisiana Skunk. 



Type locality. Louisiana. 



Geogr. Distr. West side of Mississippi Valley from southern Louis- 

 iana to Missouri; westward along coast of Texas to Matagorda 

 Island; and up the Red River Valley as far at least as Wichita Falls. 



a. Mephitis mesomelas avia (Bangs). 



Mephitis avia Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xii, 1898, p. 32. 

 Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 327. 

 Zool. Ser. 

 Illinois Skunk. 



Type locality San Jose, Mason County, Illinois. 

 Geogr. Distr. Prairie region of Illinois, western Indiana, and 

 eastern Iowa. Range not entirely determined. 



b. Mephitis mesomelas varians (Gray). 



Mephitis varians Gray, Charlesw. Mag. Nat. Hist., i, 1837, P- S^^* 



Mephitis titesomelas Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 325. Zool. Ser. (nee Lichten.) 

 Long-tailed Texan Skunk. 



Type locality. Texas. Lower Grande Valley specimens typical. 



Geogr. Distr. Southern and western Texas, eastern New Mexico, 

 and adjacent parts of Mexico ; north into Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, 

 and Nebraska. 



988. Mephitis estor Merriam. 



Mephitis estor Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 3, 1890, p. 81. Elliot, 

 Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 326. Zool. 

 Ser. 



Mephitis mesomelas estor Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. 11, 1904, p. 509. Zool. vSer. 



