Mephitis E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. G. Cuvier 1795

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Mephitis E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. G. Cuvier 1795 View in CoL

Mephitis E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. G. Cuvier 1795 View in CoL , Mag. Encyclop., 2: 187.

Type Species: Viverra mephitis Schreber 1776

Synonyms: Chincha Lesson 1842 ; Leucomitra Howell 1901 ; Mammephitisus Herrera 1899 ; Mephites Gray 1847 ; Mephritis Gray 1821 .

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 17 subspecies:

Species Mephitis macroura Lichtenstein 1832

Subspecies Mephitis macroura subsp. macroura Lichtenstein 1832

Subspecies Mephitis macroura subsp. eximius Hall and Dalquest 1950

Subspecies Mephitis macroura subsp. milleri Mearns 1897

Subspecies Mephitis macroura subsp. richardsoni Goodwin 1957

Species Mephitis mephitis (Schreber 1776)

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

References

Gray, J. E. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. London Medical Repository, 15 (1): 296 - 310.

Gray, J. E. 1837 [1838]. On a new species of paradoxure (Paradoxurus derbianus) with remarks on some Mammalia recently purchased by the British Museum, and characters of the new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1837: 67.

Hall, E. R., and W. D. Dalquest. 1950. A synopsis of the American bats of the genus Pipistrellus. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 1: 591 - 602.

Merriam, C. H. 1890. Description of a new prairie dog from Wyoming. North American Fauna, 4: 33 - 35.