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Genus MEPHITIS
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier, 1795
1 ) Hooded Skunk - Mephitis macroura - Mephitis macroura Lichtenstein, 1832, Gebirgs-Gegenden nordwestlich von der Stadt Mexico.
Subspecies and Distribution.
M. m. macroura Lichtenstein, 1832 - C & W Mexico & S to Honduras, but not including the Yucatan Peninsula.
M. m. eximius Hall & Dalquest, 1950 - E Mexico (S Veracruz).
M. m. milleri Mearns, 1897 - N Mexico (Sonora & Sinaloa to Coahuila N) to S USA (S Arizona, New Mexico & Texas).
M. m. richardsoni Goodwin, 1957 - Nicaragua & Costa Rica.
2 ) Striped Skunk - Mephitis mephitis - Viverra mephitis Schreber,1776 eastern Canada ( Province of Quebec).
Subspecies and Distribution.
M. m. mephitis Schreber, 1776 - E Canada. ( * )
M. m. avia Bangs, 1898 - Midwestern USA (Most of Illinois, N half of Missouri & E half of Kansas).
M. m. elongata Bangs, 1895 - E & SE USA (Virginia S to E Georgia, Florida, S Alabama & Mississippi)
M. m. estor Merriam, 1890 - W USA (S Utah through Arizona & W New Mexico) to N Mexico (Sonora & Chihuahua).
M. m. holzerni Mearns, 1897 - SW USA (S California).
M. m. hudsonica Richardson, 1829 - C & W Canada and NC USA (from NE Washington to Wisconsin and S into Colorado).
M. m. major Howell, 1901 - NW USA (N Nevada & Utah to Oregon Idaho).
M. m. mesomelas Lichtenstein, 1832 - S USA (W Texas & Oklahoma to Arkansas & Louisiana).
M. m. nigra Peale & Palisot de Beauvois, 1796 - SE Canada (New Brunswick & Nova Scotia) and E USA (from New England to Ohio & Indiana and S to Mississippi & Alabama.
M. m. notata Howell, 1901 - NW USA (C Washington).
M. m. occidentalis Baird, 1858 - W USA (N California to SW Oregon).
M. m. spissigrada Bangs, 1898 - NW USA (W Washington).
M. m. varians Gray, 1837 - S Great Plains USA (E New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma & Kansas) S to NW Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas).
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