MILLER AND REHN : NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS. 213 



Mephitis estor Merriam. 



1890. Mephitis estor MERRIAM, North Amer. fauna, no. 3, p. 



81. September 11, 1890. 



TYPE LOCALITY. San Francisco Mountain, Coconino County, 

 Arizona. 



Mephitis foetulenta Elliot. 



1899. Mephitis foetulenta ELLIOT, Field Columbian mus., 



publication 32, zool. ser., i, p. 269. March, 1899. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. Lagune, near Port Angeles, Clallam County, 

 Washington. 



Mephitis hudsonica (Richardson). 



1829. Mephitis americana var. hudsonica RICHARDSON, Fauna 

 Boreali- Americana, i, p. 55. 



1895. Mephitis hudsonica BANGS, Proc. Boston soc. nat. hist., 

 xxvi, p. 534. July 31, 1895. 



TYPE LOCALITY. Plains of the Saskatchewan (see Bangs, Proc. 

 Boston soc. nat. hist., xxvi, p. 536, July 31, 1895). 



* Mephitis macroura Lichtenstein. 



1834. Mephitis macroura LICHTENSTEIN, Darstellung neuer 



oder wenig bekannter Saugethiere, pi. 46. 

 1885. Mephitis macrurus TRUE, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vn 



(1884), p. 609. 1885. 

 TYPE LOCALITY. Northwestern Mexico. 



* Mephitis mephitica (Shaw). 



1792. Viverra mephitica SHAW, Museum Leverianum, p. 171. 



1857. Mephitis mephitica BAIRD, Mamm. N. Amer., p. 195. 



1885. Mephitis mephitica TRUE, Proc. U. S. nat. inus., vn 

 (1884), p. 609. 1885. 



TYPE LOCALITY. North America. Name restricted by 

 Bangs (Proc. Bost. soc. nat. hist., xxvi, pp. 530-533, July 

 31, 1895) to the northern form of the eastern skunk. 



Mephitis mephitica scrutator Bangs. 



1896. Mephitis mephitica scrutator BANGS, Proc. biol. soc. 

 Washington, x, p. 141. December 28, 1896. 



TYPE LOCALITY. Cartville, Acadia Parish, Louisiana. 



