Spilogale pygmaea Thomas 1897

Spilogale pygmaea Thomas 1897, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1897: 898.

Type Locality: "Rosario, Sinaloa, W. Mexico." .

Vernacular Names: Pygmy Spotted Skunk.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Spilogale pygmaea subsp. pygmaea Thomas 1897

Subspecies Spilogale pygmaea subsp. australis Hall 1938

Subspecies Spilogale pygmaea subsp. intermedia López-Forment and Urbano 1979

Distribution: Mexico (West coastal regions from Sinaloa to Oaxaca).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Medellín et al. (1998 a), from which synonyms are allocated. Ewer (1973) argued that pygmaea is conspecific with putorius .