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Mephitis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae

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).

Synonyms
  • Chincha was named by Lesson (1842). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Mephitis by Allen (1901).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1795Mephitis Geoffroy and Cuvier
1800Mephitis Cuvier
1825Mephitis Gray p. 339
1842Chincha Lesson
1901Mephitis Allen p. 332
1902Mephitis Hay p. 766
1980Mephitis Kurten and Anderson p. 164
1988Mephitis Carroll
1998Mephitis Baskin p. 160
2004Mephitis Marmi et al. p. 491
2005Mephitis Wang et al. p. 937

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
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
genusMephitisCuvier 1800

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