Conepatus, commonly called the hog-nosed skunks, is a genus in the skunk family Mephitidae, order Carnivora, named by Gray in 1837 with the type species Conepatus humboldtii. Native to the Americas, its members are distinguished by white backs and tails contrasted with black underparts, and include some of the largest species in the skunk family. The genus contains four extant species: Molina hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus chinga) of South America, Humboldt hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus humboldtii) of Patagonian southern Argentina, American hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus leuconotus) of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, and striped hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus semistriatus) of southern Mexico to northern Peru and eastern Brazil, plus three extinct species. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
Living or Extinct Taxonomic Rank Connections
Parent Taxon Of
Source American Hog-nosed Skunk (Wikidata)
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ1145450, descriptionView the Source 2. Conepatus (Wikipedia)
Introduction
The hog-nosed skunks belong to the genus Conepatus and are members of the family Mephitidae (skunks).
- Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
View the SourceWikidata: Conepatus
Wikidata Q1145450, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source American Hog-nosed Skunk (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: American Hog-nosed Skunk, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q1145450 (Conepatus)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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