Many old badger diggings were found in the Joshua tree woodland and
pinyon-juniper associations of the desert slope, but none of the animals
was observed nor were specimens secured. Mr. E. A. Eberle who has
trapped for many winters in the vicinity of Mescal Canyon stated that he
caught badgers occasionally.
I examined the skin of a badger taken at Llano which showed the
characteristic paleness of the desert subspecies _berlandieri_.
=Mephitis mephitis holzneri= Mearns