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--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER CANIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Mephitidae
--> GENUS Conepatus
SPECIES Conepatus leuconotus
Author: | Lichtenstein, 1832. | Citation: | Darst. Säugeth., text: "Mephitis leuconota" [not paginated]: pl. 44. fig 1. | Common Name: | American Hog-nosed Skunk | Type Locality: | "oberen Lauf des Rio Alvarado" [Mexico, Veracruz, Rio Alvarado] | Distribution: | Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (from USA south along coast to Veracruz), Nicaragua, USA (S Gulf coast of Texas). | Status: | IUCN – Extinct as C. mesoleucus telmalestes, Lower Risk (lc) as C. mesoleucus and C. leuconotus. | Comments: | Includes mesoleucus (Dragoo et al., 2003; Hall, 1981). |
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