_Spilogale angustifrons_ Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
15:242, December 16, 1902, type from Tlalpam, D. F.
_Range._--Probably all of state except low coastal area.
_Specimen examined_, 1: no. 100126, 3 mi. NW PAitzcuaro, 6,700 ft.
_Remarks._--The short tail of our specimen, an adult male, is
noteworthy as perhaps also is the breadth between the orbits.
External measurements are 338, 101, 39. It weighed 308 grams.
Selected cranial measurements are: Basilar length, 44.1; zygomatic
breadth, 32.4; postpalatal length, 26.6; least interorbital breadth,
13.8; height of cranium, 16.0. The specimen was trapped in a hole in a
stone fence. Howell (1906:23), under the name _Spilogale gracilis_,
recorded another male from PAitzcuaro.
=Mephitis macroura macroura= Lichtenstein
Hooded Skunk; Spanish, Zorrillo or Mofeta Rayada; Tarascan, Cuitziqui
(Kweetzeke)
_Mephitis macroura_ Lichtenstein, Darstellung Neuer oder wenig
bekannter SAugethiere pl. 46, 1832, type from mountains
northwest of MA(C)xico City.
_Range._--Statewide.
_Specimens examined_, 12: nos. 100114-100125, distributed with
reference to PAitzcuaro, as follows: 3 mi. NW, 6,700 ft., 1; 2 mi. W,
7,600 and 7,000 ft., 2; 3-1/2 mi. S, 7,900 ft., 1; 4 mi. S, 7,800 ft.,
2; 5 mi. S, 7,800 ft., 5; 9 mi. SE, 8,000 ft., 1.
_Remarks._--Skunk tracks were abundant in all localities around
PAitzcuaro. Most of our specimens were caught in steel traps, some
along the edges of cornfields, others along the highway and along the
pole fences. Tarascan friends at Colonia RevoluciA cubedn were eager to have
the bodies of the skunks which we caught. They regarded the skunks as
a delicacy and told us that this food was reputed to be good for a
person's blood and complexion.
=Conepatus mesoleucus nelsoni= Goldman