1174 
#550 Conepatus (Conepatus) proteus Thomas, 1902, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.^ 
ser. 7, V. 9, 239. Cruz del Eje S Central Cordova. 
Diphyllobotlirium t295. 
species Vevers, 1920. — London 
Ancylostoma t387. — Intest. 
conepati. 
Zoo, from Argentina. 
§550 Conepatus [or Gullo^ Mephitis Thiosrmis] (Conepatus) suffocans 
(Illiger, 1815, Abh. ph.-Kl. K. pr. Ak. Wiss. (1804-1811), 109, 121 [GuIqI]) 
Trouess., 1897c, Cat. Mamm., Ber., v. 1, 261. South American skunk, 
siidamerikanisches Stinkthier, Surilho, Yaguare, Zorilho Jaritataca. Brazil, 
Prosthenorchis fSOlp. 
elegans. — Intest. 
Pulex tl635.— Ext. 
conepati. — Piauhy *, Brazil. — T. h. 
Ancylostoma t387. — Intest. 
conepati. — Buenos Aires. 
[mephites. — Buenos Aires.] 
Physaloptera t469. 
maxillaris. — Stom. — Buenos Aires. 
mephites. — Buenos Aires. 
#551 (550). Teeth 34: i. 3/3, c. 1/1, pm. 3/3, m. 1/2. See #552. 
#552 (553). *Mephitis Geoffr. & Cuv., 1795, Mag. encycL, v. 2, 187 (for mouf- 
fette), tsd. (1901) ''Les Moufettes" (cf. mephitis), tsd. (1904; 1912; 1924) 
mephitis Schreb. — True skunks, moufette, Stinkthier. Skull highly arched, 
highest in frontal region; rostrum truncated with slight obliquity; posterior 
margin of palate nearly on a line with posterior border of last molars; peri- 
otic region not inflated; mastoid and paroccipital processes prominent; 
postorbital processes not prominent; coronoid process of mandible conical, 
erect. Teeth 34 (i. 3/3, c. 1/1, pm. 3/3, m. 1/2) ; snout not greatly produced; 
nostrils lateral. Tail long and bushy. Heavy, thickset animals, slow of move- 
ment, terrestrial, burrowing. North America. See #552 A. Syns.: Chincha ° 
Lesson, 1842, Nouv. Tab. Regne Anim., Mamm., 67, mt. tat. chincha Lesson, 
so. americana Desm., so. mephitis Erxl.; Mephites " Gray, 1847, List Osteol. 
Spec. Brit. Mus., pp. x, 20. See #552^. 
#56M (5o2S). ^Mephitis' Geoffr. & Cuv., 1795, Mag. encycl., v. 2, 187 (for 
mouffette), tsd. (1901) ''Les Moufettes" (cf. mephitis), tsd. (1904; 1912; 
1924) mephitis Schreb. — Large striped skunks. Audital bullae not greatly 
inflated. Back usually with a white stripe, divided posteriorly. Skull long 
and relatively narrow interorbitally; zygomata usually spreading broadly; 
interpterygoid fossa broad; palate ends either squarely or ^ith a median 
notch or spine; anterior palatine foramina usually small and narrow; mas- 
toids, and sagittal and supraorbital crests well developed. Size medium to 
large; build heavy. Soles broad; ears not prominent. Fur dense. Usual 
color pattern: A narrow median white stripe extends from nose to nape; 
a white dorsal band beginning with a broad nuchal patch, and narrowing 
between the shoulders, divides into 2 lateral stripes, which continue to the 
tail and sometimes down its sides; the rest of the body is black; tail with 
mixed black and white hairs, the white ones much the longer; all the tail 
hairs are white at the base. Syn. Subgenus Chincha ^ Lesson of Howell, 
1901, North Amer. Fauna, No. 20, Aug. 31, 20, 22, tat. chincha so. americana 
so. mephitis. 
§5SW (552^). Leucomitra Howell, 1901, North Amer. Fauna, no. 20, Aug. 31, 
20, 39, mt. tod. Chincha^ macroura Licht., from mountains northwest of 
City of Mexico. — Hooded skunks. Audital bullae large, greatly inflated. 
Back usually wholly black or wholly white. Skull short and broad; inter- 
pterygoid fossa narrowly U-shaped; palate without notch or spine; anterior 
palatine foramina large and rounded; tube of auditory meatus short; periotic 
