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Mephitidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Cat. Meth. Mamm. Europe p.1

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Mephitidae

Name

Homonyms
Mephitidae
Common names
SKUNKS in English
Skunk in English
Skunk in English
Skunks in English
Skunks in English
skunk in English
skunks in English
skunks in English
Skunks And Stink-badgers in English
Skunks And Stink-badgers in English
skunkar in Swedish
stinkdjur in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Aronsson (2016) Exceldokument: Främmande arter grunddata.xls Skapat 2016-10-25
  2. CoL2006/ITIS
  3. CoL2006/ITIS, PaleoDB
  4. Dragoo, J. W. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Mephitidae (Skunks). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 532-562.
  5. Rees, T. (compiler) . (2025). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Available from https://www.irmng.org at VLIZ. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD.
  6. Roskov, Y. et al. (2017) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th July 2015. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  7. Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp.
  8. Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp.
  9. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds., 1999: null. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750.
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