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SPECIES Mephitis mephitis

Author:Schreber, 1776.
Citation:Die Säugethiere, 3(17): pl. 121[1776], see also text, 3(26):444, 588 (index)[1777].
Common Name:Striped Skunk
Type Locality:"Amerika".
Distribution:Canada (SW Northwest Territories to Hudson Bay and S Quebec), Mexico (N Tamaulipas, N Durango, and N Baja California), USA.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Synonyms allocated according to Hall (1981) and Wade-Smith and Verts (1982).
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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

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