Conepatus leuconotus (Lichtenstein, 1832) . Darst. Säugeth., text: "Mephitis leuconota" [not paginated], pl. 44. fig. 1.

TYPE LOCALITY: "oberen Lauf des Rio Alvarado" [Mexico, Veracruz, Rio Alvarado] .

DISTRIBUTION: S Gulf coast of Texas (USA), south along coast to Vera Cruz (Mexico).

SYNONYMS: texensis Merriam, 1902 .

COMMENTS: Maybe only subspecifically distinct from mesoleucus (Hall, 1981) .