Conepatus

Conepatus leuconotus

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Chordata Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Eutheria
Magnordo: Epitheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Familia: Mephitidae
Genus: Conepatus
Species: C. chinga - C. humboldtii - C. leuconotus - C. semistriatus

Name

Conepatus Gray, 1837

Type Species: Conepatus humboldtii Gray, 1837, by monotypy (Melville & Smith, 1987).

Synonyms

• Lycodon d'Orbigny (in Gray, 1865)
• Mamconepatus Herrera, 1899
• Marputius Gray, 1837
• Oryctogale Merriam, 1902
• Ozolictus Gloger, 1842 (in Gray, 1865)
• Thiosmus Lichtenstein, 1838

References

• Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1: 581.
• Conepatus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Conepatus Gray, 1837 Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

English: Hog-nosed skunks
Español: Zorrinos
Türkçe: Domuz burunlu kokarca

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