Mephitis mephitis (Schreber 1776)

[Viverra] mephitis Schreber 1776, Die Saugethiere, Vol. 3, 17: pl. 121 [1776], see also text, 3 (26): 444, 588 (index) [1777].

Type Locality: "Amerika".

Vernacular Names: Striped Skunk.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. mephitis Schreber 1776

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. avia Bangs 1898

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. elongata Bangs 1895

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. estor Merriam 1890

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. holzneri Mearns 1898

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. hudsonica Richardson 1829

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. major Howell 1901

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. mesomelas Lichtenstein 1832

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. nigra Peale and Palisot de Beauvois 1796

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. notata Hall 1936

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. occidentalis Baird 1858

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. spissigrada Bangs 1898

Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. varians Gray 1837

Distribution: Canada (SW Northwest Territories to Hudson Bay and S Quebec), Mexico (N Tamaulipas, N Durango, and N Baja California), USA.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Synonyms allocated according to Hall (1981) and Wade-Smith and Verts (1982).