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t*Conepatus sonoriensis Merriam. 



1902. Coneyatus sonoriensis Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

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

 Type Locality. — Camoa, Rio Mayo, Sonora, Mexico. 



Sut genus MARPUTIUS Gray. 



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

 p. 581. Type, Mephitis chilensis Geoffroy. 



t*Conepatus tropicalis tropicalis Merriam. 



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

 ton, vol. 15, p. 164. August 6, 1902. 

 Type Locality. — Motzorongo, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Conepatus tropicalis trichurus Thomas. 



1902. Conepatus mapurito Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 



39, p. 48. April, 1902. Not of Gmelin. 

 1905. Conepatus tropicalis trichurus Thomas, Ann. and Mag. 



Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 15, p. 585. June, 1905. 

 Type Locality. — Boquete, Chiriqui, Panama. 



Subfamily Taxidiin^. (American Badgers) . 



Genus TAXIDEA Waterhouse. 



1839. Taxidea Waterhouse, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1838, p. 

 1 53 . May, 1 839. Type, Meles labradorius Gmelin = Ursus taxus 



SCHREBER. 



*Taxidea taxus taxus (Schreber). 



1778. Ursus taxus Schreber, Saugthiere, vol. 3, p. 520. 



1885. Taxidea amencana americana True, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., vol. 7 (1884), p. 609. 1885. 

 1894. Taxidea taxus Rhoads, Amer. Nat., vol. 28, p. 524. June, 



1894. 

 Type Locality. — Labrador and Hudson Bay. 



*Taxidea taxus phippsi Figgins. 



1918. Taxidea taxus phippsi Figgins, Proc. Colorado Mus. Nat. 



Hist. [vol. 2, No. 2, p. 1], April, 1918. 

 Type Locality. — Northeast of Chromo, Archuleta County, 

 Colorado. 



t*Taxidea taxus berlandieri (Baird). 



1857. Taxidea herlandieri Baird, Mamm. N. Amer., p. 205. 

 1885. Taxidea americana herlandieri True, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., vol. 7 (1884), p. 609. 1885. 



