Medium-sized and large mammals of the pine-oak forests and grasslands of the Rancho Experimental Teseachi in Chihuahua, Mexico Author Álvarez-Córdova, Fernando Author Fernández, Jesús A. text Check List 2021 2021-04-20 17 2 669 681 http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/17.2.669 journal article 10.15560/17.2.669 1809-127X Conepatus leuconotus (Lichtenstein, 1832) Hog-nosed Skunk Figure 3A Material examined. MEXICO Chihuahua • 3; Municipality of Namiquipa ; 28°47′30″N , 107°28′49″W ; elevation 2,124 m a.s.l. ; 21 April 2018 ; obs. F. Álvarez-Córdova 6; Municipality of Namiquipa ; 28°47′49″N , 107°29′02″W ; elevation 2,107 m a.s.l. ; 17 June 2018 ; obs. F. Álvarez- Córdova 16; Municipality of Namiquipa ; 28°52’49”N , 107°27’08”W ; elevation 1,876 m a.s.l. ; 12 October 2019 ; obs. F. Álvarez-Córdova ; UACH-CF-8109-8133 . Identification. This is the largest skunk and only species of Conepatus Gray, 1837 occurring in Chihuahua . The body is black with a white dorsal band and a pig-like nose ( Dragoo et al. 2003 ; Dragoo and Sheffield 2009 ). Distribution. Southwestern USA through most of Mexico (but not in Baja California ) to northern Nicaragua ( Dragoo and Sheffield 2009 ). Recorded habitats in Chi- huahua are sierras and valleys. Remarks. Four skunks have been recorded in Chihuahua and in the ranch (López-González and García- Mendoza 2012). This species is easily diagnosed by its pig-like nose.