516 CONEPATUS., 
Genl. Char. Size large, white stripe from occiput, covering dorsal 
region and tail. 
Color. Upper parts from occiput white; tail white; rest of body, 
legs, and feet black. 
Measurements. Total length, 609.56; tail, 304.80; hind foot, 73.6. 
wo. -.- —_ 
Fig. LXXII. CONEPATUS M. MEARNSI. MEARNS’ SKUNK. 
a.—mearnsi. (Conepatus), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, 1902, 
p. 163. 
mapurtio, Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., Suppl., 1901, p. 510, pl. 
LVI. 
MEARNS’ SKUNK. 
Type locality. Mason, Mason County, Texas. 
Geogr. Distr. Table-land of Mexico from States of Jalisco and 
southwestern San Luis Potosi northward to central Texas and central 
Arizona, 
Genl, Char. Similar to C. mesoleucus, but skull and teeth smaller. 
Color, Entire upper parts from crown of head to end of tail white 
or yellowish; sides and legs shining black; under parts dull black ex- 
cept a narrow line between jaws and the throat, which are white; 
tail all white above and below; claws white. 
