NORTH AMERICAN LAND MAMMALS. Ill 



*Mephitis macroura vittata (Liclitenstein). 



1832. Mephitis vittata Liciitenstein, Darstellung iieuor odcr 



wenig bekannter Saugetliiere, pi. 47. 

 1901. Chinclia macroura vittata Howell, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 20, p. 43. August 31, 1901. 



1901. Mephitis macroura vittata Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

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



Type Locality. — San Mateo del Mar, Oaxaca, Mexico. 

 Range. — Known only from the type locality; probably ranges 

 over the coast region of Oaxaca and Chiapas. 



Genus CONEPATUS Gray. 



1837. Conepatus Gray, Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, 

 p. 581. November, 1837. Type, Conepatus humioldtii Gray, 



Subgenus Oryctogale Merriam. 



1902. Oryctogale Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 15, 

 p. 161. August 6, 1902. Type, Conepatus leuconotus Lich- 

 tenstein. 



t* Conepatus filipensis Merriam. 



1902. Conepatus filipensis Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 15, p. 163. August 6, 1902. 

 Type Locality. — Cerro San Felipe, Oaxaca, Mexico. 



*Conepatus leuconota leuconota Liclitenstein. 



1832. Mephitis leuconota Lichtenstein, Darstellung neuer oder 



wenig bekannter Saugetliiere, pi. 44, fig, 1. 

 1902. Conepatus leuconotus Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 15, p. 161. August 6, 1902. 

 Tyi>e Locality. — Rio Alvarado, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



t*Conepatus leuconota texensis Merriam. 



1885. Conepatus mapurito True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 



(1884), p. 609. 1885. (Part.) 

 1902. Conepatus leuconotus texensis Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. 



Washington, vol. 15, p. 162. August 6, 1902. 

 Type Locality. — Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas. 



♦Conepatus mesoleucus mesoleucus (Lichtenstein). 



1827. Mephitis mesoleuca Lichtenstein, Darstellung neuer oder 



wenig bekannter Saugetliiere, pi. 64. 

 1902. [Conepatus] mesoleucus Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, vol. 15, p. 163. Juno 25, 1902. 

 Type Locality. — Near Chico, Hidalgo, Mexico. 



*Conepatus mesoleucus mearnsi Merriam. 



1902. Conepatus mesoleucus mearnsi Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. 



Washington, vol. 15, p. 163. August 6, 1902. 

 Type Locality. — Mason, Mason County, Texas. 



