XXXVI LIST OF SPECIES. 



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15. LUTRA, Linn. 184 



58. Lutra canadensis, Sab. American Otter. Northern parts of the United States to 



Florida, and west to the Rocky Mountains 184 



59. Lutra californica, Gray. California Otter. Coast region and Cascade Mountains 



of California and Oregon , 187 



16. ENHYDRA, Fleming. 189 



60. Enhydra marina, Fleming. Sea Otter. Pacific coast of the United States 189 



17. MEPHITIS, Cuvier. 191 



a. Thiosmus, Licht. 191 



61. Mephitis mesoleuca, Licht. White-Backed Skunk. Chico, Mexico, to Western 



Texas 192 



62. Mephitis varians, Gray. Texas or Long-Tailed Skunk. Texas and Northern 



Mexico 193 



63. Mephitis occidentalis, Baird, (n.s.) California Skunk. Western coast of the 



United States 194 



64. Mephitis mephitica. Common Skunk. United States, east of the Missouri plains 



and north of Texas 195 



65. Mephitis bicolor, Gray. Little Striped Skunk. Southern Texas and California... 197 



18. TAXIDEA, Waterhouse. 201 



66. Taxidea americana, Waterh. Missouri Badger. Iowa and Wisconsin to the Pacific 



coast, and from Arkansas to 49 N. lat. (To 58 N. lat., Rich.) 202 



67. Taxidea berlandieri, Baird. Mexican Badger. Northern Mexico, Southern and 



Western Texas. (To Lower California?) 205 



19. PROCYON, Storr. 207 



68. Procyon lotor, Storr. Common Raccoon. Massachusetts to Florida, and west to 



Fort Kearney. Not in Southern Texas ? 209 



69- Procyon hernandezii, Wagler. California or Black-Footed Raccoon. Rio Grande 



of Texas to Pacific coast, and north along the coast to Puget's Sound. . 212 



69- Procyon hernandezii, var. mexicana, Baird. Sonora Raccoon. Gulf of California 215 



20. URSUS, L. 216 



70. Ursus horibilis, Ord. Grizzly Bear. Plains of Upper Missouri to the Rocky Moun 

 tains, and along their base, thence to the Coast of California, (not 

 of Oregon or Washington?) 219 



