TEXAN SKUNK 
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GENERAL REMARKS. 
Naturalists have been somewhat at a loss to decide on the name by 
which this species should be designated, and to what author the credit is 
due of having been the first describer. 
The specimens obtained by Lichtenstein were procured by Mr. Deppe, 
in the vicinity of Chico, in Mexico, in 1825, and deposited in the museum 
of Berlin. In occasional papers published by Dr. Lichtenstein, from 1827 
to 1834, this species with many others was first published. In 1833, Ben- 
nett published in the proceedings of the Zoological Society, the same spe- 
cies under the name of M. Nasutci. The papers of Lichtenstein, although 
printed and circulated at Berlin, were not reprinted and collected into a 
volume till 1834. Having seen the original papers as well as the speci- 
mens at Berlin, and being satisfied of their earlier publication, we have 
no hesitation in adopting the name of Lichtenstein as the first describer 
and publisher. 
