Mephitis macroura
H. Lichtenstein, 1832
Hooded Skunk
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Carnivora |
Suborder | : Caniformia |
Infraorder | : Arctoidea |
Superfamily | : Musteloidea |
Family | : Mephitidae |
Subfamily | : Mephitinae |
Genus | : Mephitis |
Species status
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/43374155Original name as described
Mephitis macroura
Type locality
"nordwestlich von der Stadt Mexico." Restricted to "San Mateo del Mar, Oaxaca," Mexico by Gardner and Ramírez-Pulido (2020).
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic · Neotropic
Country distribution
United States · Mexico · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica
Subregion distribution
USA(AZ,NM,TX)
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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