Spilogale putorius (Linnaeus, 1758)

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 317

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scientific name	Spilogale putorius (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Spilogale putorius (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:44.

TYPE LOCALITY: "America septentrionali" restricted by Thomas (1911a), to " South Carolina." [ USA].

DISTRIBUTION: SW Canada east to Minnesota and S Pennsylvania ( USA); south to Costa Rica.

SYNONYMS: ambigua Mearns, 1897 ; angustifrons Howell, 1902 ; bicolor Gray, 1837 ; gracilis Merriam, 1890 ; interrupta Rafinesque, 1820 ; larvatus Hodgson, 1849 ; leucoparia Merriam, 1890; lucasona Merriam, 1890; microdon Howell, 1906 ; mupurita Müller, 1776; olimpica Elliot, 1899; phenax Merriam, 1890; putida Cuvier, 1798 ; quaterlinearis Winans, 1859; ringens Merriams, 1890; saxatalis Merriam, 1890; striata Shaw, 1800 ; tenuis Howell, 1902; texensis Merriam, 1890 ; tibetanus Horsfield, 1851; zorilla Schreber, 1776.

COMMENTS: Mead (1968) argued that S. p. gracilis and "possibly" leucoparia are reproductively isolated from eastern populations and therefore should be considered distinct species; both were included by Van Gelder (1959).