408- mephitis. 



Arizona Skunk. 



Type locality. San Francisco Mountain, Coconino County, Ari- 

 zona. 



Geogr. Distr. Arizona, western New Mexico, States of Sonora, 

 and Chihuahua south in the Sierra Madre in latter state; Lower Cah- 

 fornia, Mexico. 



989. Mephitis occidentalis Baird. 



Mephitis occidentalis Baird, N. Am. Mamm., 1857, p. 194. Elliot, 

 Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1904, p. 324. Zool. 

 Ser. 

 California Skunk. 



Type locality. Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. 

 Geogr. Distr. Northern and central California; vicinity of Mon- 

 terey Bay northward, west of the Sierra and Cascades to the Willa- 

 mette Valley,. Oregon. 



a. Mephitis occidentalis spissigrada (Bangs). 



Mephitis spissigrada Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xii, 1898, 

 p. 31. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

 p. 326. Zool. Ser. 

 Mephitis jcctulenta Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., i, 1899, p. 

 269. Zool. Ser. Id. Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 326. Zool. Ser. 

 PuGET Sound Skunk. 



Type locality. Sumas, British Columbia, Canada. 

 Geogr. Distr. Shores of Puget Sound and coast region of Wash- 

 ington and northern Oregon. 



b. Mephitis occidentalis notata (Howell). , 



Chincha occidentalis notata Howell, N. Am. Faun., No. 20, 1901, 

 p. 36. 

 Cascade Skunk. 



Type locality. Trout Lake, Mount Adams, Skamania County, 

 Washington. 



Geogr. Distr. Southern Washington and northern Oregon, east 

 of the Cascades. 



Genl. Char. Similar to M. occidentalis, but tail shorter; body 

 stripes narrow, and separated for their entire length. Skull: nasals 

 short, lower carnassial broad; palate without notch. 



Color. Black; white stripes narrow, not confluent, but usually 

 joined to the nape; tail black exteriorly. 



Measurements. Total length, average of 3 ad., 633 ; tail vertebrae, 

 249; hind foot, 76. 



