Western Hog-nosed Skunk
Conepatus leuconotus

Context Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Mephitidae

Distribution

Remarks

Until recently, the Chihuahuan Desert species of Hog-nosed Skunk was considered to be Conepatus mesoleucus. Recent work has concluded that the Eastern Hog-nosed Skunk and the Western Hog-nosed Skunk were not separate species; Conepatus leuconotus is the correct name of the merged populations under the rules of zoological nomenclature. The distribution map has not yet been corrected.

Last Update: 26 Jan 2008