NORTH AMERICAN LAND MAMMALS. 109 



t*Mephitis estor Merriam. 



1S90. Mephitis estor Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, No. 3, p. 81. 



September 11, 1890. 

 Type Locality. — San Francisco Mountain, Coconino County, 



Aiizona. 

 Range. — Arizona, western New Mexico, Sonora, Cliiliuahua, 



and northern Lower California; south in tlie Sierra Madre to 



southern Cliiliuahua; limits of range unknown. 



t*Mephitis occidentalis occidentaiis Baird. 



1857. Mephitis occidentalis Baird, Mamm. N. Amer., p. 194. 

 1890. M[ephitis] occidentalis Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 3, p. 82. September 11, 1890. 

 Type Locality. — Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. 

 Range. — Northern and central California, from the vicinity of 



Monterey Bay northward, west of the Sierra and Cascades, to 



the Willamette Valley, Oregon. 



*Mephitis occidentalis spissigrada (Bangs). 



1898. Mephitis spissigrada Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 12, p. 31. March 24, 1898. 



1899. Mephitis foetulenta Elliot, Field Columbian Mus., publ. 

 32, zool. ser., vol. 1, p. 269. March, 1899. (Lagune, near 

 Port Angeles, ClaUam County, Washington.) 



1901. Mephitis occidentalis spissigrada Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. 



Nat. Hist., vol. 14, p. 334. November 12, 1901. 

 Type Locality. — Sumas, British Columbia, Canada. 

 Range. — Shores of Puget Sound and coast region of Washington 



and northern Oregon. 



t*Mephitis occidentalis notata (Howell). 



1901. Chiricha occidentalis notata Howell, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 20, p. 36. August 31, 1901. 

 1901. Mephitis occidentalis nototo Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist , vol. 14, p. 334. November 12, 1901. 

 Type Locality. — Trout Lake, Mount Adams, Washington. 

 Range. — Southern Washington and northern Oregon, east of the 



Cascades; exact limits of range unlaiown. 



t'^'Mephitis occidentalis major (Howell). 



1901. Chincha occidentalis major Howell, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 20, p. 37. August 31, 1901. 

 1901. Mephitis occidentalis major Allen, BuU. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., vol. 14, p. 334. November 12, 1901. 

 Type Locality. — Fort Klamath, Klamath County, Oregon. 

 Range. — Eastern Oregon, nortliern California, and Neva(hi; 



east to the Wasatch MountaiiiS in Utah. 



