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Type locality — San Francisco Mountain, Coconino County, 

 Arizona. 



Range — Extreme Lower Sonoran zone : Valley of the 

 lower Colorado River, from Needles to the Mexican line (Mus. 

 Vert. Zool.). 



Mephitis occidentalis occidentalis Baird 



Northern California Striped Skunk 



Original description — Mephitis occidentalis Baird, Pac. R. 

 R. Rep., 8, 1857, p. 194. 



Type locality — Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. 



Synonyms — Chincha occidentalis ; California Skunk. 



Range — Upper Sonoran and Transition zones of the west- 

 central and northern portions of the state, from about the 

 latitude of Monterey Bay north to the Oregon line, east to 

 Shasta Valley and the main Sierra Nevada (Howell, N. Amer. 

 Fauna, 20, 1901, pp. 34, 35; Mus. Vert. Zool). 



Mephitis occidentalis major (Howell) 

 Great Basin Striped Skunk 



Original description — Chincha occidentalis major Howell, 

 N. Amer. Fauna, 20, August 31, 1901, pp. i7, 38. 



Type locality — Fort Klamath, Klamath County, Oregon. 



Range — Upper Sonoran and Transition zones in the Modoc 

 region of northeastern California; west to Lassen Creek, 

 Shasta County, south to Sierra Valley, Plumas County 

 (Howell, supra cit.; Mus. Vert. Zool.). 



Mephitis occidentalis holzneri Mearns 

 Southern California Striped Skunk 



Original description — Mephitis occidentalis holzneri Mearns, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 20, January 12, 1897, p. 461. 



Type locality — San Isidro Ranch, near United States boun- 

 dary, Lower California, Mexico. 



Synonyms — Chincha occidentalis holzneri; Lower Califor- 

 nia Skunk. 



Range — Lower Sonoran, Upper Sonoran and Transition 

 zones in southern California chiefly west of the deserts proper. 



