Type.—Obtained on the "plains of the Saskatchewan, Canada."
Racial characters.—Size moderate; stripes diverging anteriorly on back of neck; tail long with white stripe reaching well out, nearly to tip; zygomatic arches nearly parallel.
Measurements.—[Howell] (1901: 24) gives the average of 3 males from Saskatchewan, Montana and Wyoming, and of 3 females from Montana and Idaho, as, respectively: total length 726, 602; length of tail 268, 250; hind foot 82, 71.
Distribution.—Northeastern Washington and the eastern edge of the northern Cascades, south probably to the Wenatchee Mountains. Recorded west to Oroville (W. W. D.) and Timentwa (W. W. D.) and south to Spokane ([Taylor] and [Shaw], 1929: 12).
Mephitis mephitis major ([Howell])
Chincha occidentalis major [Howell], N. Amer. Fauna, 20:37, August 31, 1901.
Mephitis mephitis major [Hall], Univ. California Publ. Zoöl., 37:2, April 10, 1931.
