Spilogale yucatanensis
Burt, 1938
Yucatán 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
Burt, W.H. 1938. A new spotted skunk (Spilogale) from Yucatan. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 384:1-3.
Authority publication link
https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/56823Original name as described
Spilogale angustifrons yucatanensis
Type material
UMMZ 75780
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
“Chichen Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico”.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico · Belize? · Guatemala?
Taxonomy notes
split from S. angustifrons
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
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