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Mephitidae Bonaparte, 1845

107030  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:107030)

accepted
Family
Genus Conepatus Gray, 1837
Genus Mephitis Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795
Genus Mydaus Cuvier in Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1821
Genus Neoyunnanotherium Deshmukh & Valenciano, 2022 †
Genus Spilogale Gray, 1865

Genus Chincha Lesson, 1842 accepted as Mephitis Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795
Genus Leucomitra Howell, 1901 accepted as Mephitis Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795
Genus Lycodon d'Orbigny in Gray, 1865 accepted as Conepatus Gray, 1837
Genus Mamconepatus Herrera, 1899 accepted as Conepatus Gray, 1837
Genus Mammephitisus Herrera, 1899 accepted as Mephitis Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795
Genus Marputias Smith, 1842 accepted as Conepatus Gray, 1837
Genus Marputius Gray, 1837 accepted as Conepatus Gray, 1837
Genus Mephites Swainson, 1835 accepted as Mephitis Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795
Genus Mephites Gray, 1847 accepted as Mephitis Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795
Genus Mephitis Desmarest, 1820 accepted as Mydaus Cuvier in Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1821
Genus Mephritis Gray, 1821 accepted as Mephitis Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795
Genus Midaus Cuvier in G. Cuvier, 1823 † accepted as Mydaus Cuvier in Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1821
Genus Mydans Hodgson, 1837 † accepted as Mydaus Cuvier in Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1821
Genus Mydaon Gloger, 1841 accepted as Mydaus Cuvier in Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1821
Genus Oryctogale Merriam, 1902 accepted as Conepatus Gray, 1837
Genus Ozolictus Gloger, 1842 accepted as Conepatus Gray, 1837
Genus Suillotaxus Lawrence, 1939 accepted as Mydaus Cuvier in Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1821
Genus Thiosmus Lichtenstein, 1838 accepted as Conepatus Gray, 1837
Genus Viverra Schreber, 1776 accepted as Mephitis Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795

Genus Yunnanotherium Qi, 2014 † accepted as Neoyunnanotherium Deshmukh & Valenciano, 2022 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
Taxonomic remark As subfamily Mephinae (in Mustelidae) in McKenna & Bell, 1997, family in Wilson & Reeder, 1995 and Ruggiero, 2014.  
Taxonomic remark As subfamily Mephinae (in Mustelidae) in McKenna & Bell, 1997, family in Wilson & Reeder, 1995 and Ruggiero, 2014. [details]
IRMNG (2022). Mephitidae Bonaparte, 1845. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107030 on 2023-06-04
Date
action
by
2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
created
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
2022-04-30 06:00:49Z
changed

basis of record CoL2006/ITIS [details]   

taxonomy source Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp.  [details]   

name verified source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.  [details]   

current name source Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp.  [details]   

extant flag source CoL2006/ITIS, PaleoDB [details]   

habitat flag source web search (AJR) [details]   
From other sources
Descriptive info Skunks and stink badgers [details]

Taxonomic remark As subfamily Mephinae (in Mustelidae) in McKenna & Bell, 1997, family in Wilson & Reeder, 1995 and Ruggiero, 2014. [details]

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