Conepatus mesoleucus (Lichtenstein, 1832) Darst. Säugeth., text: "Mephitis mesoleuca" [not paginated] pl. 44, fig. 2.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Gegend von Chico in Mexico " [Mexico, Hidalgo, near El Chico].

DISTRIBUTION: Arizona, Colorado, Texas (USA), south to Nicaragua.

STATUS: IUCN - Indeterminate as C. m. telmalestes.

SYNONYMS: figginsi Miller, 1925; filipensis Merriam, 1902; fremonti Miller, 1933; mearnsi Merriam, 1902; nelsoni Goldman, 1922; nicaraguae J. A. Allen, 1910; pediculus Merriam, 1902; sonoriensis Merriam, 1902; telmalestes Bailey, 1905; venaticus Goldman, 1922 .

COMMENTS: May be conspecific with leuconotus (Hall, 1981) .