﻿PRELIMIXARY 
  DIAGNOSES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  MAMMALS 
  OF 
  THE 
  

   GENERA 
  MEPHITIS, 
  DORCELAPHUS, 
  AND 
  DICOTYLES, 
  

   FROM 
  THE 
  MEXICAN 
  BORDER 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES. 
  

  

  Bj^ 
  Edgae 
  a. 
  ]\Ieakns, 
  M. 
  D., 
  

  

  Assistant 
  Siirr/eov, 
  Cvlted 
  States 
  Armi/. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  sixth 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  papers 
  giving 
  preliminary 
  descri])tions 
  

   of 
  the 
  new 
  mammals 
  collected 
  on 
  the 
  recent 
  snrvey 
  of 
  the 
  bonndary 
  

   between 
  Mexico 
  and 
  the 
  United 
  StatesJ 
  Detailed 
  descriptions, 
  with 
  

   illustrations 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  forms, 
  and 
  comparisons 
  with 
  their 
  allies 
  will 
  

   appear 
  later, 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  collections 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  International 
  

   I)Onndary 
  Commission. 
  

  

  MEPHITIS 
  MILLERI, 
  new 
  species. 
  

   MILLER'S 
  HOODED 
  SKUNK. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  No. 
  5S851, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  (Collection 
  International 
  Bonndary 
  Com- 
  

   mission). 
  Skin 
  and 
  sknll. 
  Adult 
  male, 
  from 
  Fort 
  Litwell 
  (near 
  Tncson), 
  

   Arizona. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  X. 
  Holzner, 
  November 
  13, 
  1803. 
  Original 
  

   number, 
  llO'J. 
  

  

  Bcscrijition 
  of 
  type.— 
  In 
  winter 
  ])elage. 
  Body 
  slender. 
  Caudal 
  verte 
  

   br;ie 
  longer 
  than 
  head 
  and 
  body. 
  Nape 
  Avitii 
  a 
  hood 
  of 
  spreading 
  elon- 
  

   gated 
  hair. 
  Coat 
  long 
  and 
  glossy, 
  with 
  copious 
  fine 
  underfur. 
  Head 
  

   with 
  a 
  narrow, 
  hmgitudinal, 
  white 
  stripe 
  above. 
  Color 
  glossy 
  black, 
  with 
  

   a 
  white 
  area 
  low 
  down 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  extending 
  froiu 
  the 
  ear 
  to 
  the 
  tail, 
  

   and 
  tending 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  double 
  stripe 
  toward 
  either 
  extremity. 
  Tail 
  all 
  

   white 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  hair; 
  externally 
  black 
  above 
  and 
  all 
  round 
  subtermin 
  

   ally; 
  under 
  side 
  all 
  white, 
  except 
  the 
  subterminal 
  black 
  ring. 
  End 
  of 
  

   tail 
  with 
  a 
  copious 
  tuft 
  of 
  white 
  hair 
  nearly 
  300 
  mm. 
  in 
  length. 
  Feet 
  

   and 
  under 
  parts, 
  except 
  tail, 
  all 
  black. 
  Length 
  to 
  end 
  caudal 
  verte- 
  

   bra', 
  700 
  mm.; 
  tail 
  to 
  end 
  of 
  vertebne, 
  435; 
  ear 
  from 
  crown, 
  18: 
  length 
  

   of 
  hind 
  foot, 
  73. 
  

  

  iProc. 
  U.S. 
  Nat. 
  Mns., 
  XVII, 
  1894, 
  pp. 
  129-130; 
  XVIII, 
  1895, 
  pp. 
  443-447, 
  551-565; 
  

   XIX. 
  1896, 
  pp. 
  137-140; 
  XX, 
  pp. 
  457-461. 
  

  

  [Advance 
  sheets 
  of 
  this 
  paper 
  were 
  published 
  February 
  11, 
  1807 
  ] 
  

  

  Proceedings 
  U. 
  S. 
  N 
  ticnal 
  Museum, 
  Vol. 
  XX— 
  No. 
  1 
  129. 
  

  

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