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 assigned 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.
Mephitis mephitis varians Gray
Striped Skunk
1837. Mephitis varians Gray, Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist., 1:581. Type locality, Texas.