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Genus of carnivores
Mephitis
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Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Class:
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Mammalia
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Order:
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Carnivora
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Family:
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Mephitidae
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Genus:
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Mephitis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & G. Cuvier, 1795
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Type species
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Mephitis mephitis
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Species
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Mephitis mephitis
Mephitis macroura
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Mephitis ranges
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The genus Mephitis is one of several genera of skunks, which has two species and a North American distribution.
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Scientific name |
Common name |
Distribution
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Mephitis mephitis |
Striped skunk |
southern Canada, the United States and northern Mexico
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Mephitis macroura |
Hooded skunk |
Southwestern United States to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northwest Costa Rica
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Extant species of family Mephitidae |
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Conepatus | |
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Mydaus | |
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Mephitis |
- Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
- Hooded skunk (Mephitis macroura)
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Spilogale | |
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Category |
Extant Carnivora species |
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Infraclass: Eutheria
- Superorder: Laurasiatheria
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Nandiniidae | Nandinia |
- African palm civet (N. binotata)
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Herpestidae (Mongooses) | |
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Hyaenidae (Hyenas) | |
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Felidae | Large family listed below |
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Viverridae | Large family listed below |
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Eupleridae | Small family listed below |
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Family Felidae |
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Felinae | Acinonyx | |
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Caracal | |
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Catopuma |
- Bay cat (C. badia)
- Asian golden cat (C. temminckii)
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Felis | |
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Herpailurus |
- Jaguarundi (H. yagouaroundi)
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Leopardus | |
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Leptailurus | |
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Lynx |
- Canada lynx (L. canadensis)
- Eurasian lynx (L. lynx)
- Iberian lynx (L. pardinus)
- Bobcat (L. rufus)
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Otocolobus | |
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Pardofelis |
- Marbled cat (P. marmorata)
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Prionailurus | |
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Puma | |
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Pantherinae | Panthera |
- Lion (P. leo)
- Jaguar (P. onca)
- Leopard (P. pardus)
- Tiger (P. tigris)
- Snow leopard (P. uncia)
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Neofelis |
- Sunda clouded leopard (N. diardi)
- Clouded leopard (N. nebulosa)
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Paradoxurinae | Arctictis | |
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Arctogalidia |
- Small-toothed palm civet (A. trivirgata)
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Macrogalidia |
- Sulawesi palm civet (M. musschenbroekii)
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Paguma |
- Masked palm civet (P. larvata)
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Paradoxurus | |
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Hemigalinae | Chrotogale | |
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Cynogale |
- Otter civet (C. bennettii)
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Diplogale | |
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Hemigalus |
- Banded palm civet (H. derbyanus)
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Prionodontinae (Asiatic linsangs) | |
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Viverrinae | Civettictis |
- African civet (C. civetta)
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Genetta (Genets) | |
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Poiana | |
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Viverra | |
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Viverricula |
- Small Indian civet (V. indica)
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Suborder Caniformia (cont. below) |
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Ursidae (Bears) | Ailuropoda |
- Giant panda (A. melanoleuca)
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Helarctos | |
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Melursus | |
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Tremarctos |
- Spectacled bear (T. ornatus)
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Ursus |
- American black bear (U. americanus)
- Brown bear (U. arctos)
- Polar bear (U. maritimus)
- Asian black bear (U. thibetanus)
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Mephitidae (Skunks) | Conepatus (Hog-nosed skunks) | |
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Mephitis |
- Hooded skunk (M. macroura)
- Striped skunk (M. mephitis)
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Mydaus | |
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Spilogale (Spotted skunks) | |
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Procyonidae (Raccoons, coatis, olingos) | |
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Ailuridae | Ailurus |
- Himlayan red panda (A. fulgens)
- Chinese red panda (A. styani)
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Suborder Caniformia (cont. above) |
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Otariidae (Eared seals) (includes fur seals and sea lions) (Pinniped inclusive) | Arctocephalus | |
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Callorhinus |
- Northern fur seal (C. ursinus)
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Eumetopias |
- Steller sea lion (E. jubatus)
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Neophoca | |
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Otaria |
- South American sea lion (O. flavescens)
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Phocarctos |
- New Zealand sea lion (P. hookeri)
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Zalophus | |
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Odobenidae (Pinniped inclusive) | |
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Phocidae (Earless seals) (Pinniped inclusive) | Cystophora | |
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Erignathus |
- Bearded seal (E. barbatus)
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Halichoerus | |
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Histriophoca |
- Ribbon seal (H. fasciata)
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Hydrurga |
- Leopard seal (H. leptonyx)
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Leptonychotes | |
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Lobodon |
- Crabeater seal (L. carcinophagus)
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Mirounga (Elephant seals) |
- Northern elephant seal (M. angustirostris)
- Southern elephant seal (M. leonina)
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Monachus |
- Mediterranean monk seal (M. monachus)
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Neomonachus | |
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Ommatophoca | |
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Pagophilus | |
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Phoca |
- Spotted seal (P. largha)
- Harbor seal (P. vitulina)
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Pusa | |
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Canidae | Large family listed below |
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Mustelidae | Large family listed below |
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Family Canidae (includes dogs) |
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Family Mustelidae |
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Helictidinae (Ferret-badgers) | |
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Guloninae (Martens and wolverines) | |
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Ictonychinae (African polecats and grisons) | |
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Lutrinae (Otters) | |
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Melinae (Eurasian badgers) | |
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Mellivorinae
| Mellivora |
- Honey badger (M. capensis)
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Mustelinae (Weasels and minks) | Mustela (Weasels and ferrets) |
- Mountain weasel (M. altaica)
- Stoat/Beringian ermine (M. erminea)
- Steppe polecat (M. eversmannii)
- Ferret (M. furo)
- Haida ermine (M. haidarum)
- Japanese weasel (M. itatsi)
- Yellow-bellied weasel (M. kathiah)
- European mink (M. lutreola)
- Indonesian mountain weasel (M. lutreolina)
- Black-footed ferret (M. nigripes)
- Least weasel (M. nivalis)
- Malayan weasel (M. nudipes)
- European polecat (M. putorius)
- American ermine (M. richardsonii)
- Siberian weasel (M. sibirica)
- Back-striped weasel (M. strigidorsa)
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Neogale
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Taxidiinae
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- American badger (T. taxus)
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Categories:
- Skunks
- Mammal genera
- Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
- Taxa named by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
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