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SPECIES Conepatus humboldtii

Author:Gray, 1837.
Citation:Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1: 581.
Common Name:Humboldt's Hog-nosed Skunk
Type Locality:"Magellan Straits." [Chile].
Distribution:Argentina, Paraguay.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Kipp (1965) considered castaneus as conspecific; Cabrera (1958) considered it separate. Synonyms allocated according to Cabrera (1958).
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SUBSPECIES humboldtii

SUBSPECIES castaneus

SUBSPECIES proteus

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