Mephitis mephitis

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Mephitis 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: Mephitis mephitis
Subspecies: M. m. avia - M. m. elongata - M. m. estor - M. m. holzneri - M. m. hudsonica - M. m. major - M. m. mephitis - M. m. mesomelas - M. m. nigra - M. m. notata - M. m. occidentalis - M. m. spissigrada - M. m. varians

[edit] Name

Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776)

Type locality: "Amerika".

[edit] References

• Schreber, J. C. D., 1776. in Schreber's Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen, Wolfgang Walther, Erlangen, 7 volumes, 1774-1846; 3(17):pl. 121[1776], text, 3(26):444, 588 (index)[1777].
• Julia Wade-Smith and B. J. Verts, 1982. Mephitis mephitis, Mammalian Species, American Society of Mammologist, No. 173, pp. 1-7, 3 figs.
• Mephitis 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).
• IUCN link: Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776) (Least Concern)
• Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776) Report on ITIS

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