Conepatus semistriatus
(Boddaert, 1785)
Striped Hog-nosed Skunk
Distribution :
Belize, Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco, and Yucatan), Peru.
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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
Boddaert, P. 1785. Elenchus Animalium. Volumen I. Sistens quadrupedia huc usque nota, eorumque varietates. C.R. Hake, Rotterdam, 174 pp.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Viverra Semistriata
Type material
untraced (number not known)
Type kind
nonexistent
Type locality
Originally described from "Mexico". Type locality later described as "Minas de Montuosa, cerca de Pamplona, departamento del norte de Santander, Colombia".
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Belize · Colombia · Costa Rica · Ecuador · Guatemala · Honduras · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Peru · Venezuela
Taxonomy notes
previously included C. amazonicus (which has also been included under C. chinga by some recent authorities); recent morphological studies have suggested that C. semistriatus may represent 3 species (semistriatus, conepatl, and zorilla), 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 · 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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Names and synonyms
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