NOETH AMERICAjST LAND MAMMALS. 109 



t* 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. 

 Range. — Arizona, western New Mexico, Sonora, Chiliuahua, 



and northern Lower California; south in the Sierra Madre to 



southern Chiliuahua; limits of range unknown. , 



t*Mephitis occidentalis occidentalis Baird. 



1857. Mephitis occidentalis Baird, Mamm. N. Amer., p. 194. 

 1890. M[ephitis] occidentalis Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 3, p. 82. September 11, 1890. 

 Type Locality. — Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. 

 Range. — Northern and central California, from the vicinity of 



Monterey Bay northward, west of the Sierra and Cascades, to 



the Willamette Valley, Oregon. 



*Mephitis occidentalis spissigrada (Bangs). 



1898. Mephitis spissigrada Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



vol. 12, p. 31. March 24, 1898. 

 1899' Mephitis fcetulenta Elliot, Field Columbian Mus., publ. 



32, zool. ser., vol. 1, p. 269. March, 1899. (Lagune, near 



Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington.) 

 1901. Mephitis occidentalis spissigrada Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. 



Nat. Hist., vol. 14, p. 334. November 12, 1901. 

 Type Locality. — Sumas, British Columbia, Canada. 

 Range. — Shores of Puget Sound and coast region of Washington 



and northern Oregon. 



t*Mephitis occidentalis notata (Howell). 



1901. Chincha occidentalis notata Howell, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 20, p. 36. August 31, 1901. 

 1901. Mephitis occidentalis Tiota to Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., vol. 14, p. 334. November 12, 1901. 

 Type Locality. — Trout Lake, ]\Iount Adams, Washington. 

 Range. — Southern Washington and northern Oregon, east of the 



Cascades; exact limits of range unknown. 



t*Mephitis occidentalis major (Howell). 



1901. Chincha occidentalis major Howell, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 20, p. 37. August 31, 1901. 

 1901. Mephitis occidentalis major Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., vol. 14, p. 334. November 12, 1901. 

 Type Locality. — Fort lOamath, Klamath County, Oregon. 

 Range. — Eastern Oregon, northern California, and Nevada; 



east to the Wasatch Mountaixis in Utah. 



