Mephitis

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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: Mephitis
Species: M. macroura - M. mephitis

[edit] Name

Mephitis (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. G. Cuvier, 1795)

Type Species: Viverra mephitis Schreber, 1776.

[edit] Synonyms

• Chincha Lesson, 1842
• Leucomitra Howell, 1901
• Mammephitisus Herrera, 1899
• Mephites Gray, 1847
• Mephritis Gray, 1821
• Spilogale Gray, 1865
• Viverra Schreber, 1776

[edit] References

• Mag. Encyclop., 2: 187.
• Mephitis 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).
• Mephitis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. G. Cuvier, 1795 Report on ITIS