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Mephitis mephitis

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Mephitis mephitis (Schreber 1776)

[Viverra] mephitis Schreber 1776, Die Saugethiere, Vol. 3, 17: pl. 121 [1776], see also text, 3 (26): 444, 588 (index) [1777].

Type Locality: "Amerika".

Vernacular Names: Striped Skunk.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. mephitis Schreber 1776

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. avia Bangs 1898

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. elongata Bangs 1895

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. estor Merriam 1890

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. holzneri Mearns 1898

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. hudsonica Richardson 1829

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. major Howell 1901

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. mesomelas Lichtenstein 1832

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. nigra Peale and Palisot de Beauvois 1796

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. notata Hall 1936

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. occidentalis Baird 1858

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. spissigrada Bangs 1898

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. varians Gray 1837

Distribution: Canada (SW Northwest Territories to Hudson Bay and S Quebec), Mexico (N Tamaulipas, N Durango, and N Baja California), USA.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Synonyms allocated according to Hall (1981) and Wade-Smith and Verts (1982).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 622, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/31EEC502043D5A02BD01F50A62C08DF2

Related works

Is part of
Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/E69BF2968277AF6992A8FF32E9D4E7ED (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/31EEC502043D5A02BD01F50A62C08DF2 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/231548020 (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Schreber
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Mephitidae
Genus
Mephitis
Species
mephitis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Merriam, C. H. 1890. Description of a new prairie dog from Wyoming. North American Fauna, 4: 33 - 35.
  • Gray, J. E. 1837 [1838]. On a new species of paradoxure (Paradoxurus derbianus) with remarks on some Mammalia recently purchased by the British Museum, and characters of the new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1837: 67.
  • Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.
  • Wade-Smith, J., and B. J. Verts. 1982. Mephitis mephitis. Mammalian Species, 173: 1 - 7.