Mephitis mephitis

Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776). Die Säugethiere, 3(17):pl. 121 [1776], text, 3(26):444, 588 (index) [1777]. TYPE LOCALITY: "Amerika". DISTRIBUTION: SW Northwest Territories to Hudson Bay and S Quebec (Canada), south to Florida (USA), N Tamaulipas, N Durango, and N Baja California (Mexi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: W. Christopher Wozencraft
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Mustelidae
Mephitis
Mephitis mephitis
Baja
Northwest Territories
Hudson Bay
Canada
Hudson
Howell
Elliot
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7288486
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7288486
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Summary:Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776). Die Säugethiere, 3(17):pl. 121 [1776], text, 3(26):444, 588 (index) [1777]. TYPE LOCALITY: "Amerika". DISTRIBUTION: SW Northwest Territories to Hudson Bay and S Quebec (Canada), south to Florida (USA), N Tamaulipas, N Durango, and N Baja California (Mexico). SYNONYMS: americana Desmarest, 1818; avia Bangs, 1898; bivirgata H[amilton]-Smith, 1842; dentata Brass, 1911; elongata Bangs, 1895; estor Merriam, 1890; fetidissima Boitard, 1842; foetulenta Elliot, 1899; frontata Coues, 1875; holzneri Mearns, 1897; hudsonica Richardson, 1829; major Howell, 1901; mesomelas Lichtenstein, 1832; minnesotoe Brass, 1911; newtonensis Brown, 1908; nigra Peale and Palisot de Beauvois, 1796; notata Howell, 1901; occidentalis Baird, 1858; olida Boitard, 1842; platyrhina Howell, 1901; putida Boitard, 1842; scrutator Bangs, 1896; spissigrada Bangs, 1898; varions Gray, 1837. COMMENTS: Reviewed by Wade-Smith and Verts (1982, Mammalian Species, 173). Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 317, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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