Spilogale pygmaea
O. Thomas, 1898
Pygmy 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
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1897, 898
Original name as described
Spilogale pygmaea
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-e022b9f979d3Type locality
"Rosario, Sinaloa, W. Mexico."
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Mexico
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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