Conepatus semistriatus (Boddaert 1758)

Hidalgo-Mihart, Mircea G., Contreras-Moreno, Fernando M., Jesús-de la Cruz, Alejandro, Juárez-López, Rugieri, Bravata de la Cruz, Yaribeth, Pérez-Solano, Luz A., Hernández-Lara, Carolina, Friedeberg, Diana, Thornton, Dan & Koller-González, Juan M., 2017, Inventory of medium-sized and large mammals in the wetlands of Laguna de Terminos and Pantanos de Centla, Mexico, Check List 13 (6), pp. 711-726 : 718

Conepatus semistriatus (Boddaert 1758)

Material examined. Table 2; Figure 21.

Conepatus semistriatus is a large and stocky skunk with a black body and 2 narrow white stripes that run from the forehead to the upper rump. It has a large piglike snout ( Reid 2009). Conepatus semistriatus could be confused with other skunk species ( Spilogale angustifrons Howell, 1902 or Mephitis macroura Lichtenstein, 1832 ) that potential occur in the region, but the large and stocky body are sufficient to distinguish this species.

The study region is close to the area where C. semistriatus and C. leuconotus (Lichtenstein, 1832) are sympatric (Hall 1981). However, C. semistriatus has 2 narrow white stripes on the back compared with C. leuconotus which only has a single, broad white stripe from the forehead to the tail ( Reid 2009). All our photographs of Conepatus are C. semistriatus .