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Mephitis mephitis

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Description

Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776). Die Säugethiere, 3(17):pl. 121 [1776], text, 3(26):444, 588 (index) [1777].

TYPE LOCALITY: "Amerika".

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

SYNONYMS: americana Desmarest, 1818; avia Bangs, 1898; bivirgata H[amilton]-Smith, 1842; dentata Brass, 1911; elongata Bangs, 1895; estor Merriam, 1890; fetidissima Boitard, 1842; foetulenta Elliot, 1899; frontata Coues, 1875; holzneri Mearns, 1897; hudsonica Richardson, 1829; major Howell, 1901; mesomelas Lichtenstein, 1832; minnesotoe Brass, 1911; newtonensis Brown, 1908; nigra Peale and Palisot de Beauvois, 1796; notata Howell, 1901; occidentalis Baird, 1858; olida Boitard, 1842; platyrhina Howell, 1901; putida Boitard, 1842; scrutator Bangs, 1896; spissigrada Bangs, 1898; varions Gray, 1837.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Wade-Smith and Verts (1982, Mammalian Species, 173).

Notes

Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 317, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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Is part of
Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191 (DOI)
Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/BD1F4E51C329747CFFD6FC3FFFE0142F (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Mustelidae
Genus
Mephitis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carnivora
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Schreber
Species
mephitis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776) sec. Wozencraft, 1993

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.
  • Wade-Smith, J., and B. J. Verts. 1982. Mephitis mephitis. Mammalian Species, 173: 1 - 7.