CONEPATUS. 517 
Measurements. Total length, 670; tail vertebra, 290; hind foot, 75. 
Skull: occipito-nasal length, 64; Hensel, 62.5; zygomatic width, 51; 
interorbital constriction, 20.5; palatal length, 29; postpalatal length, 
34; length of mandible, 46.5; height at condyle, 10; length of upper 
molars, 7.5. 
493. felipensis (Conepatus), Merr. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. xv, 1902, 
D> rOz. 
SAN FELIPE SKUNK. 
Type locality. Cerro San Felipe, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. 
Geogr. Distr. Cerro San Felipe, State of Oaxaca, Mexico; 9,000 to 
10,500 feet altitude. 
Genl. Char. Size small; dorsal stripe narrow. Skull depressed, flat- 
tened anteriorly; anterior nares small; upper molar and sectorial 
small. 
Color. Black; similar in distribution of color to the other varie- 
ties, but the white dorsal stripe narrow and restricted in area. 
Measurements. Total length, 630; tail vertebre, 265; hind foot, 
74. Skull: basal length, 64; zgyomatic width, 47.5; palatal length, 
31; length of upper molar, 7.5. 
494. pediculus (Conepatus), Merr. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, 1902, 
D, 164; 
GUADALUPE SKUNK. 
Type locality. Sierra Guadalupe, State of Coahuila, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Size small. Nasals broad, flat, square posteriorly ; 
braincase elevated. 
Color. No description given, but presumably like C. felipensts. 
Measurements. Total length, 485; tail vertebre, 178; hind foot, 61. 
Skull, basal length, 57; zygomatic breadth, 43; palatal length, 27; 
upper molar on its outer side, 7. 
B. Marputius, 
“Hind feet moderate, the bald soles extending to the heel; front 
claws elongate; tail rather short; nose acute, produced; fur bristly, 
close pressed; teeth like those of Mephuitis.’’ (Gray, 1.c.) 
495. tropicalis (Conepatus), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, 1902, 
p. 164. 
MorzoRONGO SKUNK. 
Type locality. Motzorongo, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 
Geogr. Distr. East coast of State of Vera Cruz, southeasterly to 
Yucatan. 
Genl. Char. Two white dorsal stripes; tail short. Skull with a sinu- 
