. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . alifornia, Mexico; feet elevation. Genl. Char. Similar to 5. arizoucs in markings, but the whitestripes from occiput and cheek are narrower and shorter; brokenstripe from fore leg across lower back broader; tail and hind footshorter. Skull shorter and narrower with narrower rostruni, butbraincase wider above auditory meatus. Color. Entire body, legs, and feet jet black with white spots andstripes, as in 5. arizoncc, differing only as mentioned above; tail jetblack for basal half, white for the remainder; chin white; white
. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . alifornia, Mexico; feet elevation. Genl. Char. Similar to 5. arizoucs in markings, but the whitestripes from occiput and cheek are narrower and shorter; brokenstripe from fore leg across lower back broader; tail and hind footshorter. Skull shorter and narrower with narrower rostruni, butbraincase wider above auditory meatus. Color. Entire body, legs, and feet jet black with white spots andstripes, as in 5. arizoncc, differing only as mentioned above; tail jetblack for basal half, white for the remainder; chin white; white spoton forehead large and broad. Meastiraiiciits. Total length, 395; tail vertebrae, 143; hind foot,44; ear, 25. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 49; Hensel, ; zygomaticwidth, ^^T,; interorbital constriction, 12; width of rostrum, 11; lengthof nasals, 8; breadth of braincase over auditory meatus, 27; mastoidbreadth, 30; palatal length, 19; postpalatal length, 26; length ofmandible, angle to alveolus of incisor, 30; height at condyle, 6; atcoronoid process, Fig. LXXIII. Spilogale interrupta. White-spotted Skunk. No. 6878 Field Columbian Mus. Coll. SPILOGALE. 623 499. interrupta {Mephitis), Ralin., Ann. Nat., i, 1820, p. 3. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 328. quaterlinearis Winans, Coues, Fur-bear. Anim., 1877, p. 239. bicolor. Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist., 1837, p. Skunk. Type locality. Upper Missouri ? Gcogr. Distr. From Guatemala throughout Mexico to Texas,Oklahoma Territory to Kansas. Genl. Char. Tail large, black, slender white tuft at tip; whitemarkings on body limited in extent; postorbital processes small. Color. Black; small spot on forehead and crescent before ear;two stripes from nape, and one from each ear to middle of back; onebroad lateral stripe from behind each fore leg joining a broad patchon side below the back stripes; two patches on middle of back; inter-rupted rather broad band across rump, and patch on rump each sideof base of tail whi
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