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by Hall and Kelson, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 5, No. 25, 

 p. 332, Dec. 5, 1952.) 

 1891. Spilogale phenax arizonae Mearns, Bull. Araer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 3, 

 p. 256, June 5, 1891. Fort Verde, Yavapai County, Ariz. (Regarded as 

 identical with gracilis by Hall and Kelson, loc. cit.) 

 1897. Spilogale ambigua Mearnsf , Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals 

 of the genera Lynx, Urocyon, Spilogale, and Mephitis, from the Mexican 

 boundary line, p. 3, Jan. 12, 1897. (Preprint of Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 20, p. 460, Dec. 24, 1897. Eagle Mountain, Chihuahua, Mexico, about 

 4 miles south of border of Dona Ana County, N. Mex. Regarded as identi- 

 cal with gracilis by Hall and Kelson, loc. cit.) 

 Type Locality. — Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, north of San Francisco 

 Mountain, Coconino County, Ariz. Altitude, 3,500 feet. Range. — Extreme 

 southeastern Utah (Durrant, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 6, p. 434, 

 Aug. 10, 1952), extreme southeastern Nevada (Clark County; Hall, Mammals 

 of Nevada, p. 204, July 1, 1946), Inyo and Panamint Mountains, and Owens 

 Valley in Inyo County, Calif. (Grinnell, Univ. California Publ. Zool., vol. 40, 

 No. 2, p. 106, Sept. 26, 1933), south through Arizona to Sierra de San Jose, 

 Sonora (A. H. Howell, North Amer. Fauna No. 26, p. 29, Nov. 24, 1906) ; north 

 at least to Glenwood, Catron County, and Tularosa, Otero County, N. Mex. 

 (V. Bailey, North Amer. Fauna No. 53 (December 1931), pp. 339, 341, Mar. 1, 

 1952) ; and south to northern Chihuahua (Colonia Garcia), southern Coahuila 

 (Sierra Encarnacion), and Monterrey in central Nuevo Leon (A. H. Howell, loc. 

 cit., pp. 21, 23) ; east at least to Mason, Mason County, Waring, Kendall County, 

 D'Hanis, Medina County, and Laredo, Webb County, all in Texas (A. H. Howell, 

 loc. cit., p. 21). 



Spilogale gracilis saxatiiis Merriamf* 



1890. Spilogale saxatiiis Merriam, North Amer. Fauna No. 4, p. 13, Oct. 8, 

 1890. 



1906. Spilogale gracilis saxatiiis A. H. Howell, North Amer. Fauna No. 26, 

 p. 23, Nov. 24, 1906. 



Type Locality. — Provo, Utah County, Utah. Range. — Utah, western Colorado, 

 northern Nevada, southern Idaho, southwestern Montana (Jellison, Joum. 

 Mamm., vol. 12, No. 3, p. 314, Aug. 12, 1931), southeastern Washington north 

 to Kamiak Butte (Dalquest, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 2, p. 215, 

 Apr. 9, 1948) , eastern Oregon, and northeastern California. 



Spilogale gracilis tenuis A. H. Howellf * 



1902. Spilogale tenuis A. H. Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 15, 



p. 241, Dec. 16, 1902. (Cranial differences not apparent between tenuis 



and saxatiiis according to Hall, Mammals of Nevada, p. 203, July 1, 1946.) 



1952. Spilogale gracilis tenuis Hall and Kelson, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. 



Hist, vol. 5, No. 25, p. 333, Dec. 5, 1952. 

 Type Locality. — Arkins, Larimer County, Colo. Range. — Eastern slopes of 

 Rocky Mountains in Colorado and northern New Mexico; limits of range 

 unknown. 



