Conepatus humboldtii Gray 1837

Conepatus humboldtii Gray 1837, Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1: 581.

Type Locality: "Magellan Straits." [Chile].

Vernacular Names: Humboldt's Hog-nosed Skunk.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Conepatus humboldtii subsp. humboldtii Gray 1837

Subspecies Conepatus humboldtii subsp. castaneus d'Orbigny and Gervais 1847

Subspecies Conepatus humboldtii subsp. proteus Thomas 1902

Distribution: Argentina, Paraguay.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Kipp (1965) considered castaneus as conspecific; Cabrera (1958) considered it separate. Synonyms allocated according to Cabrera (1958).