Range.—Statewide.
Specimens examined, 12: nos. 100114-100125, distributed with reference to Pátzcuaro, as follows: 3 mi. NW, 6,700 ft., 1; 2 mi. W, 7,600 and 7,000 ft., 2; 3½ 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 Pátzcuaro. 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 Revolución 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
Hog-nosed Skunk; Spanish, Zorillo Real
Conepatus mesoleucus nelsoni Goldman, Jour. Mamm., 3:41, February 8, 1922, type from Armería (near Manzanillo), Colima, 200 ft. altitude.
Range.—Probably greater part, or all, of state.
Specimen examined, 1: no. 52217, Tancítaro, 6,000 ft.
Remarks.—The name C. m. nelsoni is tentatively used for the single skin, which is without skull or indication of sex.
Urocyon cinereoargenteus colimensis Goldman
Gray Fox; Spanish, Zorra Gris; Tarascan, Cúmihuátz (Cumewatz)
Urocyon cinereoargenteus colimensis Goldman, Jour. Washington Acad. Sci., 28:495, November 15, 1938, type from 3 mi. W city of Colima, 1,700 ft. elevation.