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Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776)

Dataset
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Published in
Die Säugethiere vol.3 17 p.pl. 121[1776], see also text, 3(26):444, 588 (index)[1777]
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Mephitidae
genus
Mephitis
species
Mephitis mephitis

Name

Synonyms
Mephitis mesomelas Lichtenstein, 1832
Viverra mephitis Schreber, 1776
Homonyms
Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776)
Common names
Streifenskunk in German
Striped Skunk in English
Striped Skunk in English
Striped Skunk in English
Striped Skunk in English
Striped Skunk in English
Striped skunk in English
Zorrillo-listado del norte in Spanish
Zorrillo-listado del norte in Spanish
mouffette rayée in French
mouffette rayée in French
striped skunk in language.
striped skunk in English
Gestreept stinkdier in Dutch
Striped Skunk in English
Striped Skunk in English
strimmig skunk in Swedish
strimmig skunk in Swedish

Bibliographic References

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  2. Aronsson (2017-01-22 23:00:00) Exceldokument: Främmande arter grunddata.xls Skapat 2016-10-25
  3. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  4. Dragoo, J. W. / Don E. Wilson and Rusell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Mephitidae (Skunks). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 532-562.
  5. GB Non-native Species Secretariat (2016) GB Non-native Species Information Portal. https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/nonnativespecies/home/index.cfm (accessed 2016). https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/nonnativespecies/home/index.cfm
  6. North European and Baltic Network on Invasive Alien Species NOBANIS (2016) Gateway to Information on Invasive Alien species in North and Central Europe. http://www.nobanis.org (accessed 2016). http://www.nobanis.org
  7. Rees, T. (compiler) . (2022). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Available from https://www.irmng.org at VLIZ. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD.
  8. Roskov, Y. et al. (2017) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th July 2015. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. http://www.catalogueoflife.org
  9. Roskov, Y. et al. (2017-01-24 23:00:00) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th July 2015. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  10. Sudarikov, V. E. (1960). Order Strigeata La Rue, 1926. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 18: 450–694. (In Russian).
  11. Van den Berge Zoogdier http://www.zoogdierwinkel.nl/sites/default/files/imce/nieuwesite/Winkel/pdf%20download/Zoogdier_Jaargang_19_2_2008_JUN_0.pdf
  12. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  13. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  14. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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