1837. _Mephitis varians_ Gray, Charlesworth's Mag. Nat.
Hist., 1:581. Type locality, Texas.
1936. _Mephitis mephitis varians_, Hall, Carnegie Inst.
Washington, Publ., 473:66, November 20.
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--North half of state.
_Measurements._--An adult female from San Fernando measured
as follows: 710; 360; 70; 30; basilar length, 56.2;
condylobasal length, 64.2; zygomatic breadth, 41.3;
interorbital constriction, 19.0; length of maxillary
tooth-row, 20.7.
_Records of occurrence._--One specimen examined from San
Fernando, 180 ft.
Additional records: Mier (A. H. Howell, 1901:32); Matamoros
(_ibid._); 2 mi. up stream from Marmolejo (Dice, 1937:250).
=Mephitis macroura macroura= Lichtenstein