MEPHITIS. 409 



('. .Mcfj/iitis occidcntdlis iiidjor (Howell). 



Chincha occidentalis major Howell, N. Am. Faun., No. 20, 1901, 



P- 37- 

 Great Basin Skunk. 



Type locality. Fort Klamath, Klamath County, Oregon. Alti- 

 tude, 4.200 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern Oregon, northern California, and Nevada 

 east to the Wahsatch Mountains. 



Genl. Char. White stripes broad and extending only short way 

 on the tail; tail short, black exteriorly. Skull large; palate some- 

 times without notch; rostrum broad, flattened; premaxillae short, 

 broad. 



Color. Like M. occidentalis ; white stripes broad, bifurcating near 

 middle of the back, and extending only a short distance on the tail. 



Measurements. Average of 5 males. Total length, 705 ; tail verte- 

 brae. 306; hind foot, 84. 



il . .\/i'/)/i i f is nccid III t(i I i .-< In>l -.inri Mearns. 



Mephitis occidentalis hohneri Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xx, 

 1897, p. 461. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 507. fig. 94. Zool. Ser. 

 Lower California Skunk. 



Type locality. San Isidro Ranch, Lower California, Mexico; near 

 border of San Diego County, California. » 



Geogr. Distr. Monterey Bay south into Lower California, Mexico; 

 east to the Sierra Nevada and San Bernardino Range, and the Mohave 

 Desert. 



990. Mephitis platyrhina (Howell). 



Chincha platyrhina Howell, N. Am. Faun., No. 20, 1901, p. 39. 

 Broad-nosed Skunk. 



Type locality. South Fork of Kern River, twenty-five miles east 

 of Kernville, Kern County, California. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality and from Owens 

 Valley, Inyo County, California. 



Genl. Char. Like Af. occidentalis: rostrum very broad; zygomata 

 spreading evenly, nearly parallel to skull; nasals short, broad. 



Color. Black; white stripe of median width passing but short 

 distance on the tail, which is black, an indistinct white band on the 

 upper surface of apical half. 



Measurements. Total length, 750; tail vertebrae, 320; hind foot, 

 90. 



