SYNONYMY OF CONEPATUS MAPURITO. 249 



Gray's barbarous term for tbis genus, ConepatuSy is obviously 

 tbe same as the old Mexican Conepatl. Of its meaning I am 

 not certain; but it probably refers to the burrowing of the ani- 

 mal ; for, it may be observed, nepantla in theNahuatl language 

 signified a subterranean dwelling.* Gray's other generic name, 

 Marputius, is similarly related to Maimrito. This word may be 

 compared with MepMtis itself through such forms as Mafuti- 

 liqui, French Moufette, &c. 



The ^Vhitc-backed ^liiiiik. 



Conepatus mapnrito. 



Plate XV. 



Viverra putorilis, Muds, "Act. Holm, xxxii. 1769, 68" (non Linn.). 



Viverra mapurito, Gm. S. X. i. 17e8, 88, no. 15 (ex Mvtis).—Shaw, G. Z. i. 1800. 3^2.-Turt. S. 



N. i. 1806, 53. 



Gulo mapurito, Iliimb. "Rec. Ob.s. Zool. , i. 350". 



MepbitiS mapurito. Less. Man, 1827. 151, no. iOl.—Fisch. Syn. 1829, Wl.—Schinz, Syn. i. 1844, 



318, no. l.—Licht Abh. Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 1836 (1838), 270 (Thiosmus).—Tschudi, Fn. 



Peru. 1844-46, Wd.—Giebel, Saug. 1855, 764. 

 ConepatUS liiapiirito, Coues, Bull. TJ. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. Terr. 26. ser. no. 1, 1875, 14 



(skull and teeth). 

 ? Viverra mephitis, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, , — C'Chinche, Buflf., xiii. pi. 39").—?Turto7i, S. N. 



i. 1806, 53. 

 Viverra conepatl, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, 88, no. 12 (Conepatl, Hern., Mex. 332). 

 Mephitis conepatl, Fisch. Syn. 1829, 160. 

 ? Mephitis ChilensiS, " Geo/. Cat. Mas." (Moufette du Chili, Buffi^ H. N. Suppl. vii. 233, pi. 



51).— Ft. Cuv. "Diet. Sc. Nat. xiii, 18—, 126".—" Griff. Anim. Kiugd. ii. , — , f. — ."— 



Less. Man. 1827, 152, no. 408.— Fisc/i. Syn. 1829, 160.— iic/ii. Abh. Ak. Wise. Berlin, 1836 



( 1838), 272 (rftios?}iMs).—-S'c/iinz, Syn. i. 1844, 319, no. 4.— "Gray, P. Z. S. 1848, ,— ." — 



Gieh. Saug. 1855,765. 

 ?Marputius chilensis. Gray, " Mag. N.H.i. 1837". 

 ?0onepatus "chinensis", Gen: Cat. Bones Br. Mus. 1862, 97 (by typog. err. for chilensis). 



? Gulo quitensis, Humb. " Rec. Obs. Zool. i. . 346 [or] 347 " (Atok, Zorra, Glouton de Quito). 



? Mephitis quitensis, Less. Man. 1827, 152, no. 410.— Fisch. Syn. 1829, 16l.—Licht.A\)h. Akad. 



"Wiss. Berlin, 1836 (1838), 273 (Thiosmus) .—Schinz, Syn. i. 1844, 319, no. 4. 

 ?GulO suffocans, "IZi. Verb. Berl. Akad. Wissensch. 1811, 109 (Yaguare, Azara, i. 211, of 



French transl.— C/imcfte, Feuillee, Journ. Obs. Phys. 1714, 272)" (Brazil and Paraguay). 

 ? Mephitis SUffocaus, Licht. Darst. Saug. 1827-34, pi. 48, f. 1 ; Abh. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1836 



(1838), ^. — (Thiosmus).— Schinz, Syn.i.l844, 320, no. o (Thiosmus). —Gieb. Saug. 1855,765. 



? IMephitis feuillei, ■, "Zool. de la Bonite, , — , pk 3, f. 1-3 " (Schinz). 



? ConepatUS humboldtii et var., Gray, Mag. N. H. i. 1837, 581; List Mamm. Br. Mus. 1843, 



69.— Gerrard, Cat. Bones Br. Mus. 1862, 97. 

 '.Mephitis humboldtii, Blainv. "Osteog. Mustela, pi. 13, f.— (teeth)". 

 ?Mephitis psitajfonica, Licht. Abh. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1836(1838), 2"'5 (Thiosmus) (" Yaguare, 



Maikel, Talk. Patag. ViQ'').— Schinz, Syn. i. 1844. 320, no. 6 (Thiosmus).-'' Burm. La 



Plata, ii. , 409."— Gie&. Saug. 1855, 765. 



1 Mustela (lyncodon) patai?onica, Z)' Orb. " Voy. Am6r. M6rid." 



? Mephitis amazonica, Licht. Abh. Ak. Wiss. Berl. 1836 (1838), 215 (Thiosmus). —Schinz, Syn. 



i. 1844, 321, no. l.—Tchudi, Fn. Peru, 1844-46, 115. 

 ? ConepatUS ama/onica, Gray, List Br. Mus. 1843, 09. 

 ? Mephitis mollnae, Licht. Abh. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1836(1838), 272 (Thiosmus) (" Chinche, 



Molina, Hist. Nat. Chili, 240") (Chili).— ScAinz, Syn. 1844, 321, no. 8. 



* Fide Prof. G. Bairoeta, of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, to whom I appliea per- 

 soually for tbis informatiou. 



