510 MEPHITIS. 
Fic. 95. MEPHITIS (LEUCOMITRA) MACRURA. 
No. 8682 Field Columbian, Mus, Coll, Nat, size 
489. macrura (Meplitis), Licht., Darst. Saugeth., 1834, pl. XLVI. 
LonG-TAILED SkuNK. Zorillo in Mexico, applied to all skunks. 
[ype locality. ‘‘Mexico.” 
( Char. Tail nearly as long as body. 
Color. Black: a broad nuchal patch extending as a broad stripe 
to end of tail white; longitudinal white stripe on each side. 
\Weasurements Potal length, 685; tail vertebra, 332 Skull: 
