Conepatus leuconotus

(H. Lichtenstein, 1832)

American Hog-nosed Skunk

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Location:USA, AZ, Cochise co., PortalDate taken:Oct 9, 2021

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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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lichtenstein, H. 1832. Pls. 43–48. Pp. pl. 43–pl. 48 in Lichtenstein, H. 1834. Darstellung neuer oder wenig bekannter Säugethiere in Abbildungen und Beschreibungen von fünf und sechzig Arten auf funfzig colorirten Steindrucktafelln nach den Originalen des zoologischen Museums der Universität zu Berlin. C. G. Lüderitz, Berlin, not continuously paginated pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43374151

Original name as described

Mephitis leuconota

Type material

ZMB (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Río Alvarado" [Veracruz].

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua

Subregion distribution

USA(AZ, NM, CO, OK, TX)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005805

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 27 names and synonyms.

Mephitis leuconota

(H. Lichtenstein, 1832)

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

leuconotus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

pl. 44 fig. 1 unnumbered p. 1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43374151

Authority publication

Berlin

Mephitis mesoleuca

(H. Lichtenstein, 1832)

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

mesoleucus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 44 fig. 2 unnumbered p. 1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43374152

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Tomes (1862:280, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672816) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34985)
  2. Coues (1867:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41181571) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68670)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mephitis nasuta

(E. T. Bennett, 1833)

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

nasutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.221

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f1a2eaf5-f3c8-41f9-aa7c-acd7aa52e8b4

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859479

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mephìtis násua

(J. E. Gray, 1837)

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

nasua

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

581

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27268172

Authority publication

Magazine of Natural History

Thiosmus nasuta

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

nasutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

66

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Mephitis intermedia

(de Saussure, 1860)

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 511.09

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2264389

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

  1. Tomes (1862:280, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672816) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34985)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Conepatus nasutus

J. E. Gray, 1865

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

nasutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

145

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497076

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1865:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)
  2. Gray (1869:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  3. Trouessart (1904:194, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Conepatus nasutus Var. 1. nasuta

J. E. Gray, 1865

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

nasutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

145

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497076

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1865:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)
  2. Gray (1869:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)

Conepatus nasuta

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

nasutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

329

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580325

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:329, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Conepatus filipensis

C. H. Merriam, 1902

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

filipensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:68172

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/382e9f678-64b9-4cf1-8c54-4cd1348a0eec

Authority page

163

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2365058

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:196, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423025) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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