Eastern Hog-nosed Skunk

1902. _Conepatus leuconotus texensis_ Merriam, Proc. Biol.

Soc. Washington, 15:162, August 6, type from Brownsville,

Cameron Co., Texas.

_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--State-wide, except western

part.

Three specimens are assigned to this species on the basis of the

breadth of M1. In comparison with skulls from the type locality, those

of Tamaulipan specimens are slightly smaller and narrower.

_Measurements._--Some cranial measurements of a male adult

(old) from ten miles west and two miles south of Piedra are:

condylobasal length, 79.0; zygomatic breadth, 52.3;

postorbital constriction, 22.0; mastoid breadth, 44.2;

length of maxillary tooth-row, 24.4; breadth of M1, 9.3.

_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 2: La Pesca,

1; Ejido Eslabones, 10 mi. W, 2 mi. S Piedra, 1200 ft., 1.

Additional record: Near El Mulato (Dice, 1937:250).

=Felis concolor stanleyana= Goldman

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