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Conepatus semistriatus

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Description

Conepatus cf. semistriatus (Boddaert)

SPECIMENS COLLECTED: None.

OTHER MATERIAL: I examined a single specimen (AMNH 66719) that was collected by H.E. Anthony at 4145 m on Cerro Antisana in 1923. Other material that I have not seen (Diego Tirira, personal commun.) includes one specimen from 4200 m on Cerro Antisana (QCAZ 0638), and another from 2800 m near Cuyuja (E of Papallacta on the road to Baeza; QCAZ 0726).

TAXONOMY: Ecuadorean hog­nosed skunks are currently referred to Conepatus semistriatus (e.g., by Cabrera, 1958; Kipp, 1965; Wozencraft, 1993), but no substantive analysis of character data is apparently available to justify this convention. 5 Van Gelder’s (1968) detailed analysis of variation in cranial and pelage traits within a very large Uruguayan sample of Conepatus could serve as the basis for a much­needed revision of this genus in South America.

REMARKS: Although none were seen in the course of our fieldwork, skunks are said to be common in local páramo habitats (Black, 1982).

Notes

Published as part of VOSS, ROBERT S., 2003, A New Species of Thomasomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Eastern Ecuador, with Remarks on Mammalian Diversity and Biogeography in the Cordillera Oriental, pp. 1-48 in American Museum Novitates 3421 on page 19, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2003)421<0001:ANSOTR>2.0.CO;2, http://zenodo.org/record/4734917

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Journal article: 10.1206/0003-0082(2003)421<0001:ANSOTR>2.0.CO;2 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Collection code
AMNH, QCAZ
Family
Mephitidae
Genus
Conepatus
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
AMNH 66719, QCAZ 0638, QCAZ 0726
Order
Carnivora
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Boddaert
Species
semistriatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Conepatus semistriatus (Boddaert, 1785) sec. VOSS, 2003

References

  • Cabrera, A. 1958 ['' 1957 '']. Catalogo de los mamiferos de America del Sur. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales '' Bernardino Rivadavia' ' (Ciencias Zoologicas) 4 (1): 1 - 307.
  • Kipp, V. H. 1965. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Gattung Conepatus Molina, 1782. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde 30: 193 - 232.
  • Wozencraft, W. C. 1993. Order Carnivora. In D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (editors), Mammal species of the world, 2 nd ed.: 279 - 348. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Van Gelder, R. G. 1968. The genus Conepatus (Mammalia, Mustelidae): variation within a population. American Museum Novitates 2322: 1 - 37.
  • Black, J. 1982. Los paramos del Antisana. Revista Geografica 17: 25 - 52.