Mephitis mephitis nigra (Peale & Palisot de Beauvois, 1796)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SUBSPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Mephitidae
- genus
- Mephitis
- species
- Mephitis mephitis
Name
- Synonyms
- Mephitis americana bivirgata C.E.Hamilton-Smith, 1839
- Mephitis dentata Brass, 1911
- Mephitis fetidissima Boitard, 1842
- Mephitis frontata Coues, 1875
- Mephitis nigra
- Mephitis olida Boitard, 1842
- Mephitis putida Boitard, 1842
- Viverra nigra Peale & Palisot de Beauvois, 1796
- Homonyms
- Mephitis mephitis nigra (Peale & Palisot de Beauvois, 1796)
- Common names
- Eastern Striped Skunk in English
- Eastern Skunk in English
Bibliographic References
- Dragoo, J. W. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Mephitidae (Skunks). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 532-562.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.