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t*Mepliitis occidentalis major (Howell). 



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



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

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



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

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

 Range. — Eastern Oregon, northern California, and Nevada; 



east to the Wasatch Mountains in Utah. 



*Mephitis occidentalis holzneri Mearns. 



1897. Mephitis occidentalis holzneri Mearns, Preliminary diag- 

 noses of new mammals of the genera Lynx, Urocyon, Spilogale, 

 and Mephitis, from the Mexican boundary line, p. 4. January 

 12, 1897. (Reprint: Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 20, p. 461. 

 December 24, 1897.) 



Type Locality. — San Isidro Ranch, Lower California, Mexico, 

 near border of San Diego County, California. 



Range. — Southern California, from the vicinity of Monterey Bay 

 south into Lower California; east to the Sierra Nevada and San 

 Bernardino Range; limits of southward range unknown. 



t*Mephitis platyrhina (HoweU). 



1901. Chincha platyrhina Howell, North Amer. Fauna, No. 20, 



p. 39. August 31, 1901. 

 1901. Mephitis platyrhina Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



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

 Type Locality. — South fork of Kern River, 3 miles above Onyx, 



Kern County, California. 

 Range. — Known only from the type locality and from Owens 



Valley. 



Subgenus LEUCOMITRA Howell. 



1901. Leucomitra Howell, North Amer. Fauna, No. 20, p. 39. 

 August 31, 1901. Type, Mephitis macroura Lichtenstein. 



*Mephitis macroura macroura Lichtenstein. 



1832. Mephitis macroura Lichtenstein, Darstellung neuer oder 



wenig bekannter Saugethiere, pi. 46. 

 1885. Mephitis macrurus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 



(1884), p. 609. 1885. 

 Type Locality. — ^Mountains northwest of the City of Mexico. 

 Range. — Highlands of central and southern Mexico; south to 



Guatemala. 



