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Surv. ..., 8(1):205, July 14, type from Llano Estacado, Texas, near boundary of New Mexico.

1895. _Taxidea taxus berlandieri_, J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer.

Mus. Nat. Hist., 7:256, June 29.

_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Reported from only one locality, in northwestern part of state.

The skull examined, of an adult male, differs from Coahuilan and New Mexican skulls in having a broad rostrum, better developed sagittal and lambdoidal crests, and smaller tympanic bullae. The measurements are greater than those given by Schantz (1949:302) for _T. l. littoralis_ and it is for that reason that the skull examined is a.s.signed to _T. l.

berlandieri_.

_Measurements._--The adult male measured as follows: 710; 115; 110; 55; condylobasal length, 123.1; zygomatic breadth, 81.1; mastoid breadth, 75.5; interorbital constriction, 29.3; least pos...o...b..tal constriction, 27.6; length of maxillary tooth-row, 42.7; P4, length, 11.9, width, 10.7; M1, length, 11.7, width, 11.7; tympanic bulla, length, 23.3, depth (from basioccipital), 12.8.

_Record of occurrence._--One specimen examined from 12 mi. S San Carlos, 1300 ft.

=Taxidea taxus littoralis= Schantz

1949. _Taxidea taxus littoralis_ Schantz, Jour. Mamm., 30:301, August 17, type from Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas.

_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Known only from two localities in northeastern part of state.

_Records of occurrence._--One specimen examined from 33 mi.

S Was.h.i.+ngton Beach.

Additional record: Matamoros (Schantz, 1949:302).

=Spilogale putorius interrupta= (Rafinesque)

Eastern Spotted Skunk

1820. _Mephitis interrupta_ Rafinesque, Ann. Nat. ..., 1:3.

Type locality, Upper Missouri River?.

1952. _Spilogale putorious interrupta_, McCarley, Texas Jour. Sci., 4:108, March 30.

_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--From Sierra de Tamaulipas northward.

The young male from La Pesca weighed 480 grams. In the Sierra de Tamaulipas a lactating female was taken (June 9) in a steel trap. A young male from there weighed 275 grams. The young male from three miles north of La Pesca weighed 520 grams.

Specimens from Tamaulipas are a.s.signed to the subspecies _interrupta_ following Van Gelder (1959:270-279). He regarded specimens from Tamaulipas as intergrades between _S. p. interrupta_ and _S. p.

leucoparia_.

_Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 6: 9-1/2 mi.

SW Padilla, 1; 3 mi. N La Pesca, 1; La Pesca, 1; Rancho Santa Rosa, 2 km. N, 13 km. W Cd. Victoria, 260 m., 1; Sierra de Tamaulipas, 2 mi. S, 10 mi. W Piedra, 1200 ft., 2.

Additional records (Van Gelder, 1959:279): ”Tamaulipas”; Cd.

Victoria.