Mephitis mephitis

Mephitis mephitis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Musteloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pan-Carnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Cladus: Canoidea Infraordo: Arctoidea Parvordo: Mustelida Superfamilia: Musteloidea

Familia: Mephitidae
Subfamilia: Mephitinae
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

Name

Mephitis mephitis (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Type locality: "Amerika"

Synonyms

• Viverra mephitis

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 44. Reference page. 

Additional 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.

Links

• Mephitis mephitis in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776) (Least Concern)
• Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Links

• Smithsonian Institution - North American Mammals: Mephitis mephitis
• Smithsonian Wild: Mephitis mephitis

Vernacular names

• Akan: Odompo
• aragonés: Mofeta
• български: Ивичест скункс
• brezhoneg: Skoñs roudennek
• català: Mofeta ratllada
• čeština: Skunk pruhovaný
• Deutsch: Streifenskunk
• English: Striped Skunk
• español: Mofeta rayada
• eesti: Skunk
• euskara: Mofeta arrunta
• suomi: Haisunäätä
• français: Mouffette rayée
• עברית: בואש מפוספס
• hrvatski: Američki smrdljivac
• magyar: Csíkos bűzösborz
• italiano: Moffetta comune
• қазақша: Жолақты скунс
• 한국어: 줄무늬스컹크
• latviešu: Svītrainais skunkss
• монгол: Судалт өмхий хүрэн
• Nederlands: Gestreepte Skunk
• Diné bizaad: Gólízhii noodǫ́zígíí
• polski: Skunks zwyczajny
• português: Cangambá
• русский: Полосатый скунс
• svenska: Strimmig skunk
• Türkçe: Bayağı şeritli kokarca
• 中文: 臭鼬

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