LARGE STRIPED SKUNK 



inches, females, 25 inches; tail vertebrae, males, 10 inches, 

 females, 9.4 inches; hind foot, males, 3.2 inches, females, 

 3.0 inches. Found on "Shores of Puget Sound and coast 

 region of Washington and northern Oregon." (Howell) 



Cascade Skunk. — Mephitis occidentalis notata (Howell). 



Resembling typical occidentalis but white dorsal stripes 

 narrower and separate for entire length, tail shorter; narrow 

 white dorsal stripes sometimes interrupted and usually 

 joined at nape, but not touching posterior to that region; 

 tail black and with Httle or no white. Total length, males, 

 25.3 inches, females, 26 inches; tail vertebra, males, 10 

 inches, females, 11.4 inches; hind foot, males, 3 inches, 

 females, 2.8 inches. Found in "Southern Washington and 

 northern Oregon, east of the Cascades; exact limits of range 

 unknown." (Howell) 



Great Basin Skunk. — Mephitis occidentalis major (Howell). 

 Larger than typical occidentalis, with longer hind foot ; white 

 dorsal stripes broad, dividing about middle of back, not 

 extending far onto tail; tail largely black. Total length, 

 males, 28 inches; tail vertebrae, 12.2 inches; hind foot, 3.4 

 inches. Found in "Eastern Oregon, northern California, 

 and Nevada; east to the Wasatch Mountains in Utah " 

 (Howell) 



Southern California Skunk. — Mephitis occidentalis holzneri 

 M earns. 



Not differing appreciably from typical occidentalis in color, 

 but smaller in size. Total length, males, 26 inches, females, 

 24 inches; tail vertebrae, males, 11.8 inches, females, 11.8 

 inches; hind foot, males, 2.8 inches, females, 2.6 inches. 

 Found in "Southern California, from vicinity of Monterey 

 Bay south into Lower California; east to the Sierra Nevada 

 and San Bernardino Range; limits of southward range 

 unknown. ' ' (Howell) 



Broad-nosed S^nnk.—Mephitis platyrhina (Howell). 



Resembling typical occidentalis externally but differing in 

 cranial characters; white stripes of medium breadth; tail 

 black, with indistinct white band on upper surface. Total 

 length, males, 30 inches; females, 27 inches; tail vertebrse, 

 males, 13 inches, females, 13 inches; hind foot, males, 3.6 

 inches, females, 3.2 inches. Found in Kern County, 

 California. 



Subgenus Leucomitra. Hooded Skunks 



Northern Hooded Skunk. — Mephitis macroura milleri 

 _ (Meams). 

 Size medium, markings extremely variable. Two phases 

 occur, one in which upperparts are nearly all white, under- 

 parts black; the other in which upperparts are chiefly black, 

 with narrow white stripes on sides and white on underside 

 of tail; various degrees of intergrading between these two 



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