Conepatus chinga
(G. I. Molina, 1782)
Molina's Hog-nosed Skunk
Distribution :
Argentina, Bolivia, S Brazil, Chile, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay.
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Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Carnivora |
| Suborder | : Caniformia |
| Infraorder | : Arctoidea |
| Parvorder | : Mustelida |
| Family | : Mephitidae |
| Subfamily | : Mephitinae |
| Genus | : Conepatus |
Species status
Authority citation
Molina, G.I. 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili. S. Tommaso d'Aquino, Bologna, 367 pp.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Viverra Chinga
Other common names
Humboldt's Hog-nosed Skunk
Type material
untraced (number not known)
Type kind
nonexistent
Type locality
"Chili", restricted to "alrededores de Valparaíso". [Chile].
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Chile · Paraguay · Peru · Uruguay
Taxonomy notes
includes humboldtii; also includes feuillei, rex, and the recently described carloschebezi; recent morphological studies have suggested that C. chinga may represent 8 species (chinga, budini, feuillei, humboldtii, inca, quitensis, rex, and suffocans), although an integrative taxonomic revision of Conepatus is needed to clarify the species boundaries within the genus and these species are not recognized here tentatively
Taxonomy notes citation
Feijó, J.A. and Langguth, A.R. 2013. Mamíferos de médio e grande porte do nordeste do Brasil: distribuição e taxonomia, com descrição de novas espécies. Revista Nordestina de Biología 22(1-2):3-225. a#24383 · Rodrigues, M.L. da F. 2013. História evolutiva de Conepatus (Carnivora: Mephitidae): padrões biogeográficos de diversificação, investigação filogenética e revisão taxonômica do gênero. PhD thesis, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, 150 pp. a#37338 · Schiaffini, M.I., Gabrielli, M., Prevosti, F.J., Cardoso, Y.P., Castillo, D., Bo, R., Casanave, E. and Lizarralde, M. 2013. Taxonomic status of southern South American Conepatus (Carnivora: Mephitidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 167(2):327-344. doi:10.1111/zoj.12006 · Agnolín, F.L., Derguy, M.R., Godoy, I.N. and Chimento, N.R. 2019. Mamíferos argentinos: descripción de nuevas especies de las colecciones de Elio Massoia y Julio R. Contreras (Rodentia, Chiroptera, Carnivora). Historia Natural (3)9(2):107-181. a#50570 · Teta, P., D'Elía, G., Jayat, J.P., Gonçalves, P.R., Libardi, G.S., Oliveira, J.A. de, Moratelli, R., Percequillo, A.R., Rodrigues do Prado, J., Ortiz, P.E., Hurtado, N., Schiaffini, M.I., Abreu-Júnior, E.F. de, Chiquito, E. de A., Giménez, A.L. and Torres, J. 2020. On the distinction and availability of the new taxa proposed by Agnolin et al. 2019. Mastozoología Neotropical 27(1):155-171. doi:10.31687/saremMN.20.27.1.0.20 · Quintela, F.M., Da Rosa, C.A. and Feijó, J.A. 2020. Updated and annotated checklist of recent mammals from Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 92(Suppl. 2):1-57. doi:10.1590/0001-3765202020191004 · Molinari, J. 2026. A provisional classification of Hog-nosed Skunks, genus Conepatus Gray, 1837 (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mephitidae), from the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. Anartia, Publicación del Museo de Biología de la Universidad del Zulia 42:63-106. a#73106
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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