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southern Illinois, ‘‘a large one and a little one.’ There is little doubt 
that a Spotted Skunk occurs in the southern portion of the state, but 
so far as known no collector has actually secured a specimen. It may 
be readily distinguished from our common Skunks (Mephitis) by its 
smaller size and four white back stripes. 
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previously given. 
Spilogale interrupta (RAFINESQUE). (Annals of Nature, I, 1820, p. 3.) Type locality 
— “Upper Missouri” River. Similar to putorius, but with white stripes more 
broken and white marking less in extent; tail entirely black or with only a few 
white hairs at tip. 
Type locality — South Carolina. Description as 
Spilogale ambarvalis Banos. (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1898, p. 222.) Type 
locality — Oak Lodge, opposite Micco, Brevard Co., Florida. Size small; 
white marking prominent and tail short. Total length, about 15.75 in. (400 
mm.) or less; tail vertebre less than 6 in. (152 mm.). 
Spilogale indianola MERRIAM. (N. Amer. Fauna, No. 4, 1890, p. 10.) Type locality 
— Indianola, Texas. Body marking similar to interrupta, but end of tail white 
usually for about one-third its length. 
