Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776)

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

Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776) . Die Säugethiere, 3(17):pl. 121 [1776], text, 3(26):444, 588 (index) [1777].

TYPE LOCALITY: "Amerika" .

DISTRIBUTION: SW Northwest Territories to Hudson Bay and S Quebec ( Canada), south to Florida ( USA), N Tamaulipas, N Durango, and N Baja California ( Mexico).

SYNONYMS: americana Desmarest, 1818 ; avia Bangs, 1898 ; bivirgata H[amilton]-Smith, 1842; dentata Brass, 1911 ; elongata Bangs, 1895; estor Merriam, 1890 ; fetidissima Boitard, 1842 ; foetulenta Elliot, 1899; frontata Coues, 1875 ; holzneri Mearns, 1897; hudsonica Richardson, 1829 ; major Howell, 1901 ; mesomelas Lichtenstein, 1832 ; minnesotoe Brass, 1911; newtonensis Brown, 1908; nigra Peale and Palisot de Beauvois, 1796 ; notata Howell, 1901; occidentalis Baird, 1858 ; olida Boitard, 1842 ; platyrhina Howell, 1901 ; putida Boitard, 1842 ; scrutator Bangs, 1896; spissigrada Bangs, 1898 ; varions Gray, 1837.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Wade-Smith and Verts (1982, Mammalian Species, 173).