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t* Mephitis macroura milleri (Mearns). 



1897. MepJiitis milleri Mearns, Preliminary diagnoses of new 

 mammals of the genera Mephitis, Dorcelaphus, and Dicotyles, 

 from the Mexican boundary of the United States, p. 1, Feb- 

 ruary 11, 1897. (Reprint: Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 20, 

 p. 467. December 24, 1897.) 



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

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



Type Locality. — Fort Lowell, near Tucson, Pima County, 

 Arizona. 



Range. — Southern Arizona, Sonora, and parts of Chihuahua, 

 Sinaloa, Durango, and Coahuila. 



*Mephitis macroura vittata (Lichtenstein). 



1832. Mephitis vittata Lichtenstein, Darstellung neuer oder 



wenig bekannter Saugethiere, pi. 47. 

 1901. Chincha 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 humboldtii 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 leuconotus leuconotus (Lichtenstein). 



1832. Mephitis leuconata Lichtenstein, Darstellung neuer oder 

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



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

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



Type Locality. — Rio Alvarado, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



