520 SPILOGALE. 
Fig. 98. SPILOGALE INTERRUPTA. 
No. 6878 Field Columbian Mus, Coll. Nat. size. 
Geogr. Distr. State of Sinaloa, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Size very small. Skull narrow, crown elevated; tail 
less than half the length of body. 
Color. Black with white stripes and spots; white band across 
face from ear to ear; two median gray dorsal bands extending to 
rump, each divided by a narrow longitudinal black line; chin and two 
stripes from it to the ear patches white; lateral stripe and one run- 
ning up onto the thighs white, as is also the upper surface of feet; 
inner side of legs black; tail at base above mixed black and white, 
tip white; beneath black at base; rest white. 
