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Mephitis
Taxonomy
Mephitis was named by Cuvier (1800) [also said to be Geoffroy and Cuvier 1795, but Cuvier 1800 according to Allen 1901]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Mustelina by Gray (1825); to Melinae by Hay (1902); to Mephitinae by Allen (1901) and Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Mustelidae by Geoffroy and Cuvier (1795) and Carroll (1988); to Mephitidae by Marmi et al. (2004); and to Mephitini by Baskin (1998) and Wang et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Mustelina by Gray (1825); to Melinae by Hay (1902); to Mephitinae by Allen (1901) and Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Mustelidae by Geoffroy and Cuvier (1795) and Carroll (1988); to Mephitidae by Marmi et al. (2004); and to Mephitini by Baskin (1998) and Wang et al. (2005).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1795 | Mephitis Geoffroy and Cuvier |
| 1800 | Mephitis Cuvier |
| 1825 | Mephitis Gray p. 339 |
| 1842 | Chincha Lesson |
| 1901 | Mephitis Allen p. 332 |
| 1902 | Mephitis Hay p. 766 |
| 1980 | Mephitis Kurten and Anderson p. 164 |
| 1988 | Mephitis Carroll |
| 1998 | Mephitis Baskin p. 160 |
| 2004 | Mephitis Marmi et al. p. 491 |
| 2005 | Mephitis Wang et al. p. 937 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Mephitis Cuvier 1800
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Mephitis macroura Lichtenstein 1832
Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 [striped skunk]
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Invalid names: Mephitis frontata Coues 1875 [synonym], Mephitis mesomelas Lichtenstein 1832 [synonym], Mephitis occidentalis Baird 1858 [synonym], Mephitis putida Cuvier 1798 [synonym], Viverra mephitica Shaw 1792 [synonym], Viverra nigra Peale and Palisot de Beauvois 1786 [synonym]
†Mephitis orthrostica Cope 1896
†Mephitis rexroadensis Hibbard 1952
Invalid names: Chincha Lesson 1842 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available