. Fig. 107. Distribution of Conepatus mesoleucus in Colorado. 1. C. m. figginsi. 2. C. m. fremonti. For explanation of symbols, see p. 9. mountain ranges. In Colorado, records are from canyonlands, frequendy about stands of pifion. The diet consists mostly of ground- dwelling insects, and C. mesoleucus probably is of positive economic value where it is abundant. Conepatus mesoleucus figginsi F. W. Miller Conepatus mesoleucus figginsi F. W. Miller, Jour. Mamm., 6:50, 9 January 1925; type locality, Furnace [Furnish] Canyon, Baca County, Colorado. Distribution in Colorado.—Known only from western
. Fig. 107. Distribution of Conepatus mesoleucus in Colorado. 1. C. m. figginsi. 2. C. m. fremonti. For explanation of symbols, see p. 9. mountain ranges. In Colorado, records are from canyonlands, frequendy about stands of pifion. The diet consists mostly of ground- dwelling insects, and C. mesoleucus probably is of positive economic value where it is abundant. Conepatus mesoleucus figginsi F. W. Miller Conepatus mesoleucus figginsi F. W. Miller, Jour. Mamm., 6:50, 9 January 1925; type locality, Furnace [Furnish] Canyon, Baca County, Colorado. Distribution in Colorado.—Known only from western Raca County (see Fig. 107 and remarks below). Comparison.—See remarks below. Measurements.—External measurements of the holotype (a male, DMNH 1961) are: 734, 232, 77. Representative cranial measure- ments of a male (DMNH 1961) and a female (DMNH 2373) from Raca County are: con- dylobasal length, , —; zygomatic breadth, , ; interorbital constriction, , ; mastoid breadth, , —; length of maxillary toothrow, , Remarks.—To date only eight specimens of C. mesoleucus are available for study from Colorado; obviously this is a sample too small to allow an appreciation for individual varia- tion within a population. That two subspecies have been recognized on the basis of the meager Coloradan material at hand seems to me to represent a confusion of individual variation with geographic variation.
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