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from the Mexican line north to about the latitude of Monterey; _ 
east to the southern Sierra Nevada and the western edges of 
the Mohave and Colorado deserts (Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 
20; 1901) 92-387 Musa Vert) Zool), 
Mephitis platyrhina (Howell) 
Broad-nosed Striped Skunk 
Original description—Chincha platyrhina Howell, N. Amer. 
Fauna, 20, August 31, 1901, p. 39. 
Type locality—South Fork of Kern River, 25 miles east 
of Kernville, Kern County, California. 
Range—Lower Sonoran zone about southern end of Sierra 
Nevada; recorded only from valley of the South Fork of the 
Kern River, in Kern County, and from Owens Valley and 
Owens Lake, in Inyo County (Howell, supra cit.). 
Taxidea taxus neglecta Mearns 
California Badger 
Original description—Taxidea americana neglecta Mearns, 
Bull Amere Wiis Nat clist,..a) jude, Teo ips 250 2510 
Type locality—Fort Crook (near Burgettville), Shasta 
County, California. 
Synonyms—Taxidea americana; Taxidea taxus; Western 
Badger; American Badger. 
Range—Chiefly Sonoran and Transition zones, casually 
Boreal, east and south of the humid coast belt, and northwest 
of the Colorado Desert; in other words, interior valleys, from 
the Oregon line east of the humid coast belt to the Mexican 
line west of the Colorado Desert; occurs both east and west 
of the Sierra Nevada (Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
Taxidea taxus berlandieri Baird 
Mexican Badger 
Original description—Taxidea berlandieri Baird, Pac. R. R. 
Rep. 8,.1857;)p. 205: 
Type locality—Lliano Estacado, Texas, near border of New 
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