_Type._--Obtained at Provo, Utah County, Utah, by V. Bailey on November 13, 1890; type in United States National Museum. _Racial characters._--Size small; white areas extensive, especially on tail but white triangle on head small; white areas less often tinged with salmon or orange than _latifrons_. _Measurements._--Howell (1906: 32) gives the measurements of a male from Harney, Oregon, and the average of 3 females from Oregon as, respectively: total length 455, 360; length of tail 155, 129; hind foot 50, 40. _Distribution._--Southeastern Washington, north to Kamiak Butte (Taylor and Shaw, 1929: 12). =Spilogale gracilis latifrons= Merriam _Spilogale phenax latifrons_ Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 4:15, October 8, 1890. _Spilogale olympica_ Elliot, Field Columb. Mus., Publ. 32, zoöl. ser. 1:270, March, 1899 (type from Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington). _Spilogale phenax olympica_ Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 26:33, November 24, 1906. _Spilogale gracilis latifrons_ Grinnell, Dixon and Linsdale, Fur-bearing Mamm. California, Univ. California Press, Berkeley, p. 301, July 22, 1937. _Type._--Obtained at Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon, by T. S. Palmer on July 13, 1889; type in United States National Museum. _Racial characters._--Larger than _saxatilis_ with less extensive white markings, especially on tail, but white markings on head larger; white usually tinged with salmon or pale orange. _Measurements._--Means for four males, from Pacific County, are total length 411; length of tail 136; hind foot 47.5; ear 27. One weighed 784 grams. _Distribution._--Western Washington from the western edge of the Cascades westward. Marginal records, given by Taylor and Shaw (1929: 12) are Hamilton, on the north; Lake Keechelus, on the east; and Carson, on the south. _Remarks._--Comparison of adult specimens of civet cats from western Washington and western Oregon shows no reliable character for recognition of two races. No difference in tail length exists. Narrowness of rostrum was the only diagnostic character found by Howell (1906: 34) to separate _latifrons_ and _olympica_. We have carefully compared civet cats from western Oregon, southwestern Washington and the area about Seattle. Some local variation exists but overlapping is great and specimens from Washington do not have rostra that average narrower than specimens from Oregon. =Mephitis mephitis= (Schreber) Striped skunk