FELID£.—CONEPATUS. 97 
MEPHITIS. 
8-3 
Teeth :—Incisors 55; 
. 1- = ‘a 
Canines +; Premolars #2; Molars = ;=34. 
The LazcE-rartep Skunx. Mephitis macroura. 
*q. Skull. Mexico. From Mr. Brandt’s Collection. 
b. Skeleton: female. Mexico. 
Mephitis mesomeles. 
Licht., Voy. de la Vénus, pl. 7. figs. 2-5 (skull), 1846, 
The Sxunx. Mephitis varians. 
Baird, Mamm. N. America, pl. 60. fig. 2 (skull). 
a. Skull. Mexico. From Mr. Brandt’s Collection. 
*b, Skull. 
¢. Skull. From Mr. Yarrell’s Collection. 
Mephitis mephitica. 
Baird, Mamm. N. America, p. 195, 1859. 
Mephitis chinga, Blainv., Ostéog. G. Mustela, pl. 1 (skeleton). 
CONEPATUS. 
Teeth :—Incisors 8; Canines +; Premolars $2; Molars = ;=32. 
Conepatus chinensis. 
Cervical vertebre.............. 7 
Dorsal ests peta eae aan es 16 
TOMbaE css canlee hans dee ees 5 
Sacral, decvaiass se etane Meee 3 
Caudal) 2 icc ncea ceed shee eo 18 
*q, Skull. Chili. From Mr. Bridges’ Collection. 
b. Skeleton. Chili. 
¥¢, Skull: young. 
¥*d. Skull. 
*e, Skull. Chili. 
Conepatus humboldtii. 
D’Orb., Voy. ix. pl. 4 (skull). 
Mephitis humboldtii, Blainv., Ost. Atl. G. Mustela, pl. 13 (teeth).— 
wen, Odont. pl. 128. fig. 11 (crowns of the teeth). 
a. Skull. From the Zoological Society’s Collection. 
