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Mephitis estor Merriam. 
1890. Mephitis estor Merriam, North Amer. fauna, no. 3, p. 
81. September 11, 1890. 
Type locality. — San Francisco Mountain, Coconino County, 
Arizona. 
Mephitis foetulenta Elliot. 
1899. Mephitis foetulenta Elliot, Field Columbian mus., 
publication 82, zool. ser., i, p. 269. March, 1899. 
Type locality. — Lagune, near Port Angeles, Clallam County, 
Washington. 
Mephitis hudsonica (Richardson). 
1829. Mephitis americana var. hudsonica Richardson, Fauna 
Boreali-Americana, i, p. 55. 
1895. Mephitis hudsonica Bangs, Proc. Boston soc. nat. hist., 
XXVI, p. 534. July 31, 1895. , 
Type locality. — Plains of the Saskatchewan (see Bangs, Proc. 
Boston soc. nat. hist., xxvi, p. 536, July 31, 1895). 
* Mephitis macroura Lichtenstein. 
1834. Mephitis macroura Lichtenstein, Darstellung neuer 
oder wenig bekannter Saugethiere, pi. 46. 
1885. Mephitis macrurus True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vii 
(1884), p. 609. 1885. 
Type locality.— Northwestern Mexico. 
^Mephitis mephitica (Shaw). 
1792. Vicerra mephitica Shaw, Museum Leverianum, p. 171. 
1857. Mephitis mephitica Baird, Mamm. N. Amer., p. 195. 
1885. 3Iephitis mephitica True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vii 
(1884), p. 609. 1885. 
Type locality. — North America. Name restricted by 
Bangs (Proc. Bost. soc. nat. hist., xxvi, pp. 530-533, July 
31, 1895) to the northern form of the eastern skunk. 
Mephitis mephitica scrutator Bangs. 
1896. Mephitis mephitica scrutator Bangs, Proc. biol. soc. 
Washington, x, p. 141. December 28, 1896. 
Type locality. — Cartville, Acadia Parish, Louisiana. 
