294 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [Proc. 4th See. 



Spilogale arizonae arizonae Mearns 

 Arizona Spotted Skunk 



Original dcscvi[^lio)i — Spilo^^alc plicnax arizonae Mearns, 

 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3, June, 1891, pp. 256, 257. 



Type locality — Fort Verde, ^'av•apai County, Arizona. 



Range — Valley of lower Colorado River, near Pilot Knob, 

 Imperial County: Lower Sonoran zone (Mus. Vert. Zool.). 



Spilogale phenax phenax Merriam 

 California Spotted Skunk 



Original description — Spilogale phenax Merriam, N. Amer. 

 Fauna, 4, October, 1890, pp. 13, 14. 



Type locality — Nicasio, Marin County, California. 



Synonyms — Mephitis bicolor; Mephitis zorilla; Hydropho- 

 bia Skunk ; Western Spotted Skunk ; Little Spotted Skunk, 

 part. 



Range — Lower and Upper Sonoran zones and, at the north, 

 Transition, throughout southern and west-central California 

 west of the desert divides, from the Mexican line north 

 through the San Diegan district and along the western slopes 

 of the Sierra Nevada and the central an3 northern coast 

 strips to Sliasta and Humboldt counties (Howell, N. Ainer. 

 Fauna, 26, 1906, p. 32; Mus. Vert. Zool.). 



Spilogale phenax latifrons Alerriam 

 Oregon Spotted Skunk 



Original description — Spilogale phenax latifrons Merriam, 

 N. Amer. Fauna, 4, October, 1890, p. 15. 



Type locality — Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon. 



Synonym — Little Spotted Skunk, part. 



Range — Extreme northwestern border of the state, in 

 Siskiyou County: Siskiyou Mountains and Hornbrook 

 (Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 26, 1906, p. 33). 



Mephitis estor Merriam 

 Arizona Striped Skunk 



Original description — Mephitis cstor Merriam, N. .^mer. 

 Fauna, 3, August, 1890, pp. 81, 82. 



