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.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/17.2.669
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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.