Spilogale gracilis
C. H. Merriam, 1890
Western 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
Authority citation
Merriam, C.H. 1890-09-11. Annotated list of mammals of the San Francisco mountain plateau and desert of the Little Colorado in Arizona, with notes on their vertical distribution, and descriptions of new species. North American Fauna 3:43-86.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799656Original name as described
Spilogale gracilis
Type material
USNM:MAMM:17986 (= USNM:MAMM:A24897)
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3289bff29-3557-4eae-9111-975bec77eb08Type locality
"From Grand Cañon of the Colorado (altitude 3,500 feet), Arizona, north of San Francisco Mountain," United States.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Canada · United States · Mexico
Subregion distribution
USA(WA,OR,ID,MT,WY,CO,NM,UT,NV,CA)
Taxonomy notes
previously included S. leucoparia
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
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