SPILOGALE. 



495. phenax. {Sj>i/oga/t). Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 4, 1890, p. 13. 



Type locality. Nicasio, Marion County, California. 



Geogr. Distr. California. 



Gcnl. Char. Size large. Skull without postorbital constriction; 

 postorbital processes most largely developed of all the species. 



Color. " Resembles .S". saxati/is, but lateral stripes are broader; 

 lumbar spots inclined to become confluent with posterior transverse 

 stripes, other markings normal. Considerable white in patches about 

 the chin and angles of the mouth. Exposed white portion of tail oc- 

 cupying terminal third above, and terminal half below." 



Measurements. "Total length, 434; tail vertebrae, 120; hind 

 foot, 51; ear, 29. Skull: interorbital breadth, 29.4; across postorbi- 

 tal processes, 37; molars, 41.6; mastoids, 64; brain case, 49." 

 (Merr., 1. c.) 



a.--latifrons. {Spilogale). Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 4, 1890, p. 15. 



yV/t' locality. Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon. 



Geogr. Distr. Oregon. 



Genl. Char. " Similar to S. phenax, but much smaller. Skull is 

 broader interorbitally across the postorbital processes, as well as 

 across the brain case, mastoids and palate. Last lower molar smaller 

 than S. phenax." 



Color. No peculiarities in the markings appear, except the white 

 under the chin, which is much less extensive than in 6'. phenax. 



Measurements. " Total length, 335; tail vertebrae, 130; pencil, 

 90; hind foot, 40. Skull: interorbital breadth, 32.4; across post- 

 orbital processes, 38.9; across molars, 43.2; across mastoids, 65.5; 

 brain case, 55.1." (Merriam, 1. c.) 



b.—arizonne. (Spilogale), Mearns, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1891, 

 p. 256. 



Type locality. Fort \'erde, Arizona. 



Geogr. Distr. Central Arizona. 



Genl. Char. Smaller than ,$■. phenax, feet longer, fur finer and 

 softer. Skull smaller and relatively broader than in S. phenax, with 

 more spreading and higher zygomatic arches; postorbital constriction 

 marked; postorbital processes but slightly developed. 



Color. Pattern similar to .S'. phenax ; usually without the white 

 markings on chin, but retaining those at angle of the mouth; white 

 stripes averaging a trifle narrower, and snowy instead of creamy 

 white; rump spots smaller, and those on sides of tail at base only 

 confluent above in one specimen, black areas faded to brownish and 

 grayish black, instead of glossy black, especially below. 



