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Conepatus leuconotus (eastern hog-nosed skunk)

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Mephitidae

Taxonomy
Mephitis leuconotus was named by Lichtenstein (1832). It is extant.

It was recombined as Conepatus leuconotus by Hall and Kelson (1959), Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. rex

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Mephitis leuconotus Lichtenstein
1832Mephitis mesoleucus Lichtenstein
1935Conepatus mesoleucus Schultz and Howard p. 283
1959Conepatus leuconotus Hall and Kelson
1959Conepatus mesoleucus Hall and Kelson
1980Conepatus leuconotus Kurten and Anderson p. 164

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyMephitidaeBonaparte 1845
genusConepatusGray 1837
speciesleuconotus(Lichtenstein 1832)

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.

Conepatus leuconotus Lichtenstein 1832 [eastern hog-nosed skunk]
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Invalid names: Mephitis mesoleucus Lichtenstein 1832 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialg
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 12:03:45
Modified: 2011-04-24 21:03:45
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Gebo and Rose 1993, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.40000 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Conepatus sp. (20289)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Conepatus leuconotus (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Conepatus mesoleucus (93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Conepatus leuconotus (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Conepatus sp. (71345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Conepatus leuconotus (20593 20650)