FELID.E. CONEPATUS. 97 



MEPHITIS. 



Teeth : — Incisors — ; Canines j^j- ; Premolars ^5 ; Molars ^ ;=34. 



The Large-tailed Skunk. Mephitis macroura. 



*«. Skull. Mexico. From Mr. Brandt's Collection. 

 l>. Skeleton : female. Mexico. 



Mephitis mesomeles. 

 Licht., Voy. de la Venus, pi. 7. figs. 2-5 (skull), 1840. 



The Skunk. Mephitis varians. 

 Baird, Mamin. N. America, pi. 60. tig. 2 (skull). 



a. Skull. Mexico. From Mr. Brandt's Collection. 



*b. Skull. 



c. Skull. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



Mephitis mephitica. 



Baird, Mamm. N. America, p. 195, 1859. 



Mephitis chinga, Blainr., Ost<§og. Gh Mustela, pi. 1 (skeleton). 



CONEPATTJS. 



Teeth : — Incisors 3 ~ ; Canines j~ ; Premolars ~ ; Molars tl ;=32. 



/ 

 Conepatus chLnensis. £• / 



Cervical vertebra? 7 



Dorsal 16 



Lumbar 5 



Sacral 3 



Caudal 18 



*a. Skull. Chili. From Mr. Bridges' Collection. 



b. Skeleton. Chili. 



*c. Skull : young. 



*d. Skull. 



*e. Skull. Chili. 



Conepatus humboldtii. 



D'Orb., Vov. ix. pi. 4 (skull). 



Mephitis humboldtii. Blainv., Ost. Atl. G. Mustela, pi. 13 (teeth).— 

 Owen, Odont. pi. 128. tig. 11 (crowns of the teeth). 



a. Skull. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



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