230 MAMMALS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY. 



Mephitis mephitica putida (Boitard). Northeastern Skunk. 



1875. Mephitis frontata Coues, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., p. 7. 



1889. Mephitis mephitica Leidy, Ann. Rep. Penn. Geol. Surv., 1887, pp. 

 5 and 18. 



Pleistocene. Cave, near Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Penna. Hartman's 

 Cave, near Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., Penna. Durham Cave, near Riegels- 

 ville, Bucks Co., Penna. See list {an tea) for recent skunk references. 



Mephitis fossidens Cope. Pitted- tooth Fossil Skunk. 



1896. Mephitis fossidens Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., p. 386, 

 Type iocality. — Port Kennedy — 1. c. Type, No. 69, Mus. A. N. S. 

 Pleistocene. Port Kennedy, Montgomery Co., Penna. Jaws of a number 

 of individuals. 



Mephitis orthostichus Cope. Intermediate Fossil Skunk. 



J 896. Mephitis orthostichus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., p. 389. 

 Type locality. — Port Kennedy — 1. c. Type, No. 171, Mus. A. N. S. 

 Pleistocene. Port Kennedy, Montgomery Co., Penna. Rami and teeth 

 of several individuals. 



Mephitis leptops Cope. Slender-jawed Fossil Skunk. 



1899. Mephitis leptops Cope, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila. (2), xi, pt. ii, 

 p. 235, pi. xviii, figs. 9 and 9 a. 



Type locality. Port Kennedy — 1. c. Type No. 75, Mus. A. N. S. 

 Pleistocene. Port Kennedy, Montgomery Co., Penna. Two mandibular 



Mephitis obtusatus Cope. Pigmy Fossil Skunk. 



1899. Mephitis obtusatus Cope, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila. (2), vol. xi, 

 pt. ii, p. 236. 



Type locality. — Port Kennedy — 1. c. Type lost or mislaid by Prof. Cope. 



Pleistocene. Port Kennedy, Montgomery Co. Penna. Right mandibular 

 ramus. 



1896. Genus Ostnotherium Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., p. 385. 



Osmotherium spelseum Cope. Osmotherian Skunk. 



1896. Osmotherium spelcBum Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., p. 385. 

 Type locality.— Tort Kennedy — 1. c. Type No. 67, Mus. A. N. S. 

 Pleistocene. Port Kennedy, Montg. Co., Penna. Left mandibular ramus 

 with teeth. 



