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FAMILY Mephitidae

Author:Bonaparte, 1845.
Citation:Cat. Meth. Mamm. Europe: 1.
Comments:The traditional Mustelidae (including skunks) has always been a problematic group. Radinsky (1973) first proposed a relationship between the Mephitinae (sensu Simpson, 1945) and Mydaus. Morphological studies seem to provide some support for a monophyletic Mustelidae (Hunt, 1974; Wolsan, 1999; Wozencraft, 1989; Wyss and Flynn, 1993). However, Bryant et al. (1993), Ledje and Arnason (1996), and Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999) showed support for Radinsky's MephitinaeMydaus group. Dragoo and Honeycutt (1997) and Flynn et al. (2000) provided a thorough review of the relationships of these groups and followed others (Árnason and Widegren, 1986; Ledje and Árnason, 1996; Wayne et al., 1989) in the recognition of a paraphyletic traditional Mustelidae. I have chosen to follow Dragoo and Honeycutt (1997) and Flynn et al. (2000) in the separation of Mephitis, Conepatus, Spilogale and Mydaus from the remaining mustelids. But see Wolsan (1999) for support of a monophyletic Mustelidae.
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Offspring:

GENUS Conepatus

SPECIES chinga

SUBSPECIES chinga

SUBSPECIES budini

SUBSPECIES gibsoni

SUBSPECIES inca

SUBSPECIES mendosus

SUBSPECIES rex

SUBSPECIES suffocans

SPECIES humboldtii

SUBSPECIES humboldtii

SUBSPECIES castaneus

SUBSPECIES proteus

SPECIES leuconotus

SUBSPECIES leuconotus

SUBSPECIES figginsi

SUBSPECIES telmalestes

SPECIES semistriatus

SUBSPECIES semistriatus

SUBSPECIES amazonicus

SUBSPECIES taxinus

SUBSPECIES trichurus

SUBSPECIES yucatanicus

SUBSPECIES zorrino

GENUS Mephitis

SPECIES macroura

SUBSPECIES macroura

SUBSPECIES eximius

SUBSPECIES milleri

SUBSPECIES richardsoni

SPECIES mephitis

SUBSPECIES mephitis

SUBSPECIES avia

SUBSPECIES elongata

SUBSPECIES estor

SUBSPECIES holzneri

SUBSPECIES hudsonica

SUBSPECIES major

SUBSPECIES mesomelas

SUBSPECIES nigra

SUBSPECIES notata

SUBSPECIES occidentalis

SUBSPECIES spissigrada

SUBSPECIES varians

GENUS Mydaus

SPECIES javanensis

SUBSPECIES javanensis

SUBSPECIES lucifer

SUBSPECIES ollula

SPECIES marchei

GENUS Spilogale

SPECIES angustifrons

SUBSPECIES angustifrons

SUBSPECIES celeris

SUBSPECIES elata

SUBSPECIES tropicalis

SUBSPECIES yucatanensis

SPECIES gracilis

SUBSPECIES gracilis

SUBSPECIES amphialus

SUBSPECIES latifrons

SUBSPECIES leucoparia

SUBSPECIES lucasana

SUBSPECIES martirensis

SUBSPECIES phenax

SPECIES putorius

SUBSPECIES putorius

SUBSPECIES ambarvalis

SUBSPECIES interrupta

SPECIES pygmaea

SUBSPECIES pygmaea

SUBSPECIES australis

SUBSPECIES intermedia

Synonyms:

    Myadina Gray, 1825
    Mydaina Gray, 1864

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