Vol. mi GRINNELL— MAMMALS OF CALIFORNIA 293 



Type locality — Point Reyes, Marin County, California. 



Range — Transition zone in the humid coast belt north of 

 San Francisco Bay: Point Reyes and Nicasio, Marin County 

 (Bangs, supra cit.), north to Humboldt Bay (Mus. Vert. 

 ZooL). It is possible that the weasels of the region immedi- 

 ately south of San Francisco Bay also belong here. 



Mustela vison energumenos (Bangs) 

 Pacific Mink 



Original description — Pntorius vison cncrginncnos Bangs, 

 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 27, March, 1896, p. 5. 



Type locality — Sumas, British Columbia, Canada. 



Synonyms — Pntorius vison; Lutreola vison energumenos; 

 American Mink. 



Range — Northern California along streams generally, south 

 to Petaluma, Sonoma County, through the Sacramento and 

 San Joaquin valleys at least to Stanislaus County, along the 

 Sierra Nevada to Kern River in Tulare County, and through 

 Owen's Valley at least to Fish Springs, near Big Pine, Inyo 

 County (Mus. Vert. ZooL). 



Spilogale gracilis gracilis Merriam 

 Canyon Spotted Skunk 



Original description — Spilogale gracilis Merriam, N. Amer. 

 Fauna, 3, August, 1890, p. 83. 



Type locality — Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Arizona, 

 north of San Francisco Mountain. 



Range- — Sonoran zones of the Inyo region : Inyo and Pana- 

 mint mountains, Inyo County (Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 26, 

 1906, p. 23). 



Spilogale gracilis saxatilis Merriam 



Great Basin Spotted Skunk 



Original description — Spilogale saxatilis Merriam, N. Amer. 

 Fauna, 4, October, 1890, p. 13. 



Type locality — Provo, Utah County, Utah. 



Range — Extreme northeastern corner of the state in Upper 

 Sonoran zone: Susanville, Lassen County (Howell, N. Amer. 

 Fauna, 26, 1906, p. 23). 



