1832. _Mephitis macroura_ Lichtenstein, Darstellung neuer
oder wenig bekannter Saeugethiere ..., pl. 46, type from
mountains northwest of the city of Mexico.
1877. _Mephitis edulis_ Coues, Berlandier Mss., Fur-bearing
Animals: ..., U. S. Geol. Surv. Territories, Miscl. Publ.,
8:236. Type locality, "Inhabits most of Mexico. I have found
it around San Fernando de Bexar...."
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--West of Sierra Madre
Oriental.
The two specimens from Jaumave are young; they were taken on different
nights but in the same place. Weights of male and female,
respectively, are 195 and 290 grams. The other three specimens, two
young and an adult male, were brought to the collector (Bodley) by
natives.
_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 5: San
Fernando, 180 ft., 2; Jaumave, 2400 ft., 2; Nicolas, 56 km.
NW Tula, 5500 ft., 1.
=Conepatus mesoleucus mearnsi= Merriam