Conepatus Gray 1837

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 620

Conepatus Gray 1837

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

Type Species: Conepatus humboldtii Gray 1837

Synonyms: Mamconepatus Herrera 1899 ; Marputius Gray 1837 ; Oryctogale Merriam 1902 ; Ozolictus Gloger 1842 ; Thiosmus Lichtenstein 1838 .

Species and subspecies: 4 species with 19 subspecies:

Species Conepatus chinga ( Molina 1782)

Subspecies Conepatus chinga subsp. chinga Molina 1782

Subspecies Conepatus chinga subsp. budini Thomas 1919

Subspecies Conepatus chinga subsp. gibsoni Thomas 1910

Subspecies Conepatus chinga subsp. inca Thomas 1900

Subspecies Conepatus chinga subsp. mendosus Thomas 1921

Subspecies Conepatus chinga subsp. rex Thomas 1898

Subspecies Conepatus chinga subsp. suffocans Illiger 1811

Species Conepatus humboldtii Gray 1837

Subspecies Conepatus humboldtii subsp. humboldtii Gray 1837

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

Subspecies Conepatus humboldtii subsp. proteus Thomas 1902

Species Conepatus leuconotus (Lichtenstein 1832)

Subspecies Conepatus leuconotus subsp. leuconotus Lichtenstein 1832

Subspecies Conepatus leuconotus subsp. figginsi F. W. Miller 1925

Subspecies Conepatus leuconotus subsp. telmalestes Bailey 1905

Species Conepatus semistriatus ( Boddaert 1785)

Subspecies Conepatus semistriatus subsp. semistriatus Boddaert 1785

Subspecies Conepatus semistriatus subsp. amazonicus Lichtenstein 1838

Subspecies Conepatus semistriatus subsp. taxinus Thomas 1924

Subspecies Conepatus semistriatus subsp. trichurus Thomas 1905

Subspecies Conepatus semistriatus subsp. yucatanicus Goldman 1943

Subspecies Conepatus semistriatus subsp. zorrino Thomas 1901

Discussion: Revised by Kipp (1965), who studied an extensive series of southern South American specimens and could not recognize distinctive groups among them based on skull morphology, and found only two groups based on pelage coloration. Dragoo et al. (2003) reviewed the North American species and is followed here.