SPILOGALE. 



Fig. 65. Spilogale putorius. 



No. 622 Field Columbian Museum Coll. Nat. size. 



Measurements. Total length, 372; tail vertebrae, 129; hind 

 foot, 39. 



489. interrupta. (Mephitis), Rafin. Ann. Nat., 1820, i, p. 3. 



I'iiolor, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1837, i, p. 583. 



quaterlinearis, Winans, Coues Fur-bear. Anim., 1877, p. 239. 



Type locality. Upper Missouri? 



Geogr. Disir. Kansas, Oklahoma Territory, Texas. 



Genl. Char. Tail large, black, slender white tuft at tip. White 

 markings on body limited in extent; postorbital processes small. 



Color. Black; small spot on forehead and crescent before ears; 



