Conepatus semistriatus

(Boddaert, 1785)

Striped Hog-nosed Skunk

Quartering view of entire animal, walking
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Location:Venezuela, Turmero, Leslie Pantin ZooDate taken:Jan 1, 2000

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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

Boddaert, P. 1785. Elenchus Animalium. Volumen I. Sistens quadrupedia huc usque nota, eorumque varietates. C.R. Hake, Rotterdam, 174 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230048

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

Mexico · Guatemala · Belize · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Venezuela · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. amazonicus (which has also been included under C. chinga by some recent authorities)

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005806

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: 34 names and synonyms.

Viverra putorius

(Mutis, 1770)

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

putorius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

66

Authority publication

Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Gray (1865:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497077) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Viverra Conepatl

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1783)

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

conepatl

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

176

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Zimmermann (1783:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)

Viverra Mapurito

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1783)

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

mapurito

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

176

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Zimmermann (1783:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)

Viverra Semistriata

(Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

semistriatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230048

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

  1. Boddaert (1785:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Viverra Conepatl

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

conepatl

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751308

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Gmelin (1788:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  2. Kerr (1792:163, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  3. Link (1795:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272961) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  4. Wolf (1796:241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  5. Turton (1802:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772909) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  6. Goldfuss (1809:236, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498070) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  7. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Viverra Mapurito

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

mapurito

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751308

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Gmelin (1788:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  2. Kerr (1792:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  3. Wolf (1796:243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  4. Turton (1802:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772909) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  5. Treviranus (1803:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  6. Goldfuss (1809:237, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  7. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Viverra Mapucito

(Link, 1795)

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

mapucito

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272961

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

Link (1795:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272961) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)

Mephitis Conepatl

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

conepatl

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

xii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:xii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Muirhead (1819:417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  3. Fischer (1829:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Gulo ?Mapurito

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

mapurito

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Schinz (1821:203, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528962) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)

Gulo? Mapourito

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

mapourito

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

229

Authority publication

Weimar

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