Spilogale interrupta

(Rafinesque, 1820)

Plains 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

Authority citation

Rafinesque, C.S. 1820. Annals of Nature, or Annual Synopsis of New Genera and Species of Animals, Plants, &c. Discovered in North America. First Annual Number, for 1820. Self-published, Lexington, 16 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37497038

Original name as described

Mephitis interrupta

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"inhabiting Louisiana." Restricted to "the Missouri River flood plain in southern Chariton Country or northern Saline County, Missouri," by N. Woodman and A. Ferguson in 2021.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(MN,WI,ND,SD,WY,NE,CO,KS,OK,TX,LA,AR,MO,IA)

Taxonomy notes

split from S. putorius

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006600

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.

Mephitis interrupta

(Rafinesque, 1820)

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

interrupta

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37497038

Authority publication

Lexington

Name usages

  1. Rafinesque (1820:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37497038) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68938)
  2. Schinz (1821:878, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529639) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  3. Lesson (1827:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. Fischer (1829:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  5. Lesson (1842:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Mephitis quaterlinearis

(E. W. Winans, 1859)

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

quaterlinearis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Spilogale interrupta

J. E. Gray, 1865

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

interrupta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497081

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1865:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)
  2. Gray (1869:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  3. Bailey (1905:199, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  4. Howell (1906:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801909) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14874)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)

Spilogale indianola

C. H. Merriam, 1890

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

indianola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A1621

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/352d1d605-882e-42db-a9b4-1964c58c3897

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799799

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Allen (1896:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15951)
  2. Bailey (1905:200, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  3. Howell (1906:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14874)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Spilogale putorius interrupta

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mephitidae

Root name

interrupta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

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