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Conepatus (hog-nosed skunk)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae

Synonyms
  • Thiosmus was named by Lichtenstein (1838). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Conepatus by Allen (1901).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Conepatus Gray
1838Thiosmus Lichtenstein
1901Conepatus Allen p. 332
1935Conepatus Schultz and Howard p. 283
1980Conepatus Kurten and Anderson p. 164
1988Conepatus Carroll
2005Conepatus Wang et al. p. 937
2008Conepatus Wang and Carranza-Castaneda p. 388

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

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. Conepatus Gray 1837 [hog-nosed skunk]
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Conepatus altiramus Reig 1952
Conepatus chinga Molina 1782 [Molina's hog-nosed skunk]
Conepatus cordubensis Ameghino 1889
Conepatus humboldtii Gray 1837 [Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk]
Conepatus leuconotus Lichtenstein 1832 [eastern hog-nosed skunk]
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Invalid names: Mephitis mesoleucus Lichtenstein 1832 [synonym]
Conepatus mercedensis Ameghino 1875
Conepatus primaevus Burmeister 1864
Conepatus robustus Martin 1978
Conepatus sanmiguelensis Wang and Carranza-Castaneda 2008
Conepatus semistriatus Boddaert 1785 [striped hog-nosed skunk]
Conepatus suffocans Illiger 1811
Conepatus talarae Churcher and Van Zyll de Jong 1965
Invalid names: Thiosmus Lichtenstein 1838 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available