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Mephitis
Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795
- striped skunk and hooded skunk
(mammal)
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Mephitidae (Family)
..†Brachyopsigale (Genus)
..†Brachyprotoma (Genus)
..†Buisnictis (Genus)
..Conepatus (Genus) - hog-nosed skunks
..†Martinogale (Genus)
..†Mesomephitis (Genus)
..†Miomephitis (Genus)
..Mydaus (Genus) - stink badgers
..†Nannomephitis (Genus)
..†Osmotherium (Genus)
..†Plesiomeles (Genus)
..†Pliogale (Genus)
..†Promephitis (Genus)
..Spilogale (Genus) - spotted skunks
..Mephitis (Genus) - striped skunk and hooded skunk
....Mephitis macroura (Species) - hooded skunk
....Mephitis mephitis (Species) - striped skunk
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F.G. Cuvier, 1795
Original name
:
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. & Cuvier, G. 1795:187.
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:
Types
Type of
:
Mephitidae
(Family)
Bonaparte, 1845
Type, by original designation
:
Mephitis mephitis
(Schreber, 1776)
Variants
Incorrect spelling
:
Mephictis
(Genus)
orth. inval.
Ref:
F. Solé et al., 2014
: 20.
[inferred]
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Chincha
(Genus)
Lesson, 1842
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
gestreepte skunken
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
striped skunk and hooded skunk
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