Spilogale pygmaea

O. Thomas, 1898

Pygmy Spotted Skunk

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Location:Mexico, NAY, CompostelaDate taken:1 January 1970Description:Side view, hand-held

Distribution :

Mexico (West coastal regions from Sinaloa to Oaxaca).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 130

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Infraorder: Arctoidea
Parvorder: Mustelida
Family: Mephitidae
Subfamily: Mephitinae
Genus: Spilogale

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1898-04. Mr. Oldfield Thomas exhibited a specimen of a remarkably small Skunk of the genus Spilogale which had been received in a collection made by Mr. P. O. Simons in Western Mexico. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1897(4):898-899.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988133

Original name as described

Spilogale pygmæa

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1898.3.2.24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/17086f76-0b12-4c36-b798-782439a59763 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fd9fbcbe-c8f8-426d-b018-e022b9f979d3

Type locality

"Rosario, Sinaloa, W. Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005812

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: 5 names and synonyms.

Spilogale pygmæa

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

pygmaea

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.3.2.24

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Rosario, Sinaloa, W. Mexico

Type locality

Mexico: Sinaloa: 23°5′22″N, 105°40′44″W.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/17086f76-0b12-4c36-b798-782439a59763 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fd9fbcbe-c8f8-426d-b018-e022b9f979d3

Authority page

898

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988133

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:197, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Howell (1906:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14874)
Corbet & Hill (1980:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wozencraft (1993:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41637/45211592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Spilogale pygmaea australis

E. R. Hall, 1938

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:70581

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

Type locality

Mexico: Guerrero: 16°52′5″N, 99°53′38″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36ce74b33-8980-41bc-a395-1e84a4cbb01c

Authority page

514

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Spilogale pygmaea albipes

G. G. Goodwin, 1956

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

albipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-143378

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Las Cuevas, in the valley of and on the eastern side of the Rio Tehuantepec, 17 kilometers northwest of the city of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico

Type locality

Mexico: Oaxaca.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-143378

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63293776

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Spilogale pygmaea intermedia

López-Forment C. & Urbano, 1979

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

intermedia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CNMA 12145

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mexico: Jalisco: 19°31′47″N, 104°59′35″W.

Authority page

726

Authority publication

Anales del Instituto de Biología. Serie Zoología

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Spilogale pygmaea pygmaea:

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

pygmaea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

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