Spilogale angustifrons

A. H. Howell, 1902

Southern Spotted Skunk

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Howell, A.H. 1902-12-16. Three new skunks of the genus Spilogale. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 15:241-242.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2365139

Original name as described

Spilogale angustifrons

Type material

USNM:MAMM:50825

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38ea84e0b-a766-46b0-ac91-cbc339608b1c

Type locality

"from Tlalpam, Valley of Mexico," Distrito Federal, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · Belize · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. yucatanensis

Taxonomy notes citation

McDonough, M. M., Ferguson, A. W., Dowler, R. C., Gompper, M. E., & Maldonado, J. E. (2021). Phylogenomic systematics of the spotted skunks (Carnivora, Mephitidae, Spilogale): Additional species diversity and Pleistocene climate change as a major driver of diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, XX, XX-XX.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005809

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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Spilogale angustifrons celeris

E. R. Hall, 1938

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

celeris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.2.1.8

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

510

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Spilogale angustifrons elata

A. H. Howell, 1906

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

elata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:133186

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ba5966d0-1cdb-4b50-896d-8451a00a1054

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801918

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Spilogale angustifrons

A. H. Howell, 1902

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

angustifrons

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:50825

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38ea84e0b-a766-46b0-ac91-cbc339608b1c

Authority page

242

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2365139

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136636/45221538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Spilogale angustifrons tropicalis

A. H. Howell, 1902

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

tropicalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:73523

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3490c65b5-3e2f-49de-aa0f-fc3be32d823d

Authority page

242

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2365139

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Spilogale angustifrons angustifrons

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

angustifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

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