410 MEPHITIS. CONEPATUS. 



Subgenus B. Leucomitra. Hooded Skunks. 

 991. Mephitis macrura Lichtenstein. 



Mephitis macr our a Licht., Darst. Saugeth., 1832, pi. xlvi. 

 Mephitis macrura Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 510, figs. 95 and lxxi. Zool. 

 Ser. 

 Hooded Skunk. 



Type locality. Mountains northwest of the City of Mexico, Mexico. 

 Geogr. Distr. Highlands of central and southern Mexico, south 

 to Guatemala. 



a. Mephitis macrura milleri (Mearns). 



Mephitis milleri Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xx, 1897, p. 467. 

 Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 325. 

 Zool. Ser. 

 Mephitis macritra m.illeri Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. 11, 1904, p. 511. Zool. Ser. 

 Miller's Skunk. 



Type locality. Fort Lowell, near Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. 

 Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



h. Mephitis macrura vittata (Lichtenstein). 



Mephitis vittata Licht., Darst. Saugeth., 1832, pi. 47. 



Mephitis concolor Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1865, p. 149. 



Mephitis vittata var. h. intermedia Gray, Cat. Carniv. Brit. Mus., 

 1869, p. 138. 



Mephitis macrura vittata Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 

 Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. 11, 1904, p. 512. Zool. Ser. 

 Bridled Skunk. 



Type locality. San Mateo del Mar, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



Genus 125. Conepatus. 



Conepatus Gray, Charlesw. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1837, p. 581. Type 

 Conepatus humboldtii Gray. 

 Ictonyx (sic) Kaup, Thierr., i, 1835, p. 352. 

 Marputius Gray, Charlesw. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1837, p. 581. 

 Thiosmus Licht., Abh. K. Akad. Wiss. Berl., 1838, p. 270. 

 Ozolictis Gloger, Hand- u. Hilfsb. Naturg., 1841, p. 57. 

 Rhinozolis Gloger, Hand- u. Hilfsb. Naturg., 1841, p. 58. 

 Oryctogale Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, 1902, p. 161. 



