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• Genus CONEPATUS Gray. 



1837. Conepatus Gray, Charlesworth's mag. nat. hist., i, p. 581. 

 November, 1837. Type. — Conep>atus Jtumholdtii Gray. 



Conepatus mapurito (Gmelin). 



1788. \_Vicerra\ mapurito Gmelin, Syst. nat., i, p. 88. 



1875. Conepatus mapurito Coues, Bull. U. 8. geol. and geog. 



surv. terr., '2d ser., i, j). 14. 

 1885. Conepatus mapurito True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vii 



(1884), p. 609. 1885. 

 Type locality. — Vicinity of Pamplona, State of Santander, 



Colombia. 



Genus TAXIDEA Storr. 



1780. Taxidea Storr, Prodr. raeth. mamm., p. 34. Type. 

 Ursus tax^is Schreber. 



* Taxidea tazus (Schreber) . 



1778. Ursus taxus Schreber, Saugthiere, iii, p. 520. 

 1885. Taxidea americana americana True, Proc. U. S. nat. 

 mus., VII (1884), p. 609. 1885. 



1894. Taxidea taxus Rhoads, Amer. nat., xxviii, p. 524. 

 June, 1894. 



Type locality. — Labrador and Hudson Bay. 



* Taxidea taxus berlandieri (Baird). 



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

 1885. Taxidea americana berlandieri Truk,'Pvoc. U. S. nat. 

 mus., vii (1884), p. 609. 1885. 



1895. Taxidea taxus berlandieri Allen, Bull. Amer. mus. 

 nat, hist., vii, p. 250. June. 29, 1895. 



Type locality. — • Llano Estacado, Texas, near border of New 

 Mexico. 



