412 CONEPATUS. SPILOGALE. 



Conepatus mapiirito Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, iQoi, Suppl., p. 510, \)\. Lvi. Zool. Ser. (nee Gmel.) 

 Mearns' Skunk. 



Type locality. Mason, Mason County, Texas. 



Geogr. Distr. Tableland of Mexico from the States of Jalisco 

 and southwestern San Luis Potosi, northward to 'central Texas and 

 central Arizona. 



995. Conepatus felipensis Merriam. 



Conepatus felipensis Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, 1902, p. 



163. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 517. Zool. Ser. 



San Felipe Skunk. 



Type locality. Cerro San Felipe, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Cerro San Felipe, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Alti- 

 tude, 7,000 to 10,500 feet. 



996. Conepatus pediculus Merriam. 



Conepatus pediculus Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, 1902, p. 



164. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 517. Zool. Ser. 



Guadalupe Skunk. 



Type locality. Sierra Guadalupe, State of Coahuila, Mexico. 

 Geogr. Distr. State of Coahuila, Mexico. Range unknown. 



Subgenus B. Marputius. 



997. Conepatus tropicalis Merriam. 



Conepatus tropicalis Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, 1902, p. 

 164. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 517, fig. 97. Zool. Ser. 

 Motzorongo Skunk. 



Type locality. Motzorongo, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 

 Geogr. Distr. East coast of the State of Vera Cruz, southeasterly 

 to Yucatan, Mexico. 



Genus 126. Si)il<)j»'ale. Little Striped or Spotted Skunks. 



Spilogale Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1865, p. 150. Type Mephitis in- 

 terrupta Rafinesque. 



998. Spilogale interrupta (Rafinesque). 



Mephitis interrupta Rafin., Ann. Nat., i, 1820, p. 3. 



Mephitis bicolor Gray, Charles. Mag. Nat. Hist., i, 1837, p. 581. 



