Conepatus chinga
(G. I. Molina, 1782)
Molina's Hog-nosed Skunk
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Carnivora |
| Suborder | : Caniformia |
| Infraorder | : Arctoidea |
| Superfamily | : Musteloidea |
| 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
https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/idurl/1/9635Original name as described
Viverra Chinga
Other common names
Humboldt's Hog-nosed Skunk
Type locality
"Chili", restricted to "alrededores de Valparaíso". [Chile].
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Peru · Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Uruguay · Chile · Argentina
Taxonomy notes
includes humboldtii; also includes feuillei, rex, and the recently described carloschebezi
Taxonomy notes citation
Feijó, A., & Langguth, A. (2013). Mamíferos de médio e grande porte do Nordeste do Brasil: distribuição e taxonomia, com descrição de novas espécies. Revista Nordestina de Biologia, 22(1/2), 3-225. · Schiaffini, M. I., Gabrielli, M., Prevosti, F. J., Cardoso, Y. P., Castillo, D., Bo, R., ... & Lizarralde, M. (2013). Taxonomic status of southern South American Conepatus (Carnivora: Mephitidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 167(2), 327-344. · Agnolin, F. L., Derguy, M. R., Godoy, I. N., & Chimento, N. R. (2019). Mamíferos argentinos: descripción de nuevas especies delas colecciones de Elio Massoia y Julio R. Contreras (Rodentia,Chiroptera, Carnivora). Historia Natural, 9, 107-181. · Teta, P., D'Elía, G., Jayat, J. P., Gonçalves, P. R., Simões, G., do Prado, R., ... & Schiaffini, M. I. (2020). On the distinction and availability of the new taxa proposed by Agnolin et al. 2019. Mastozoología Neotropical, en prensa, Mendoza, 1-17. · Quintela, F., da Rosa, C. A., & Feijó, A. (2020). Updated and annotated checklist of recent mammals from Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 92(2), e20191004.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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