Conepatus

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

[edit] Name

Conepatus Gray, 1837

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

[edit] 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

[edit] References

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

[edit] Vernacular Names

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