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- Title
Conepatus leuconotus (Carnivora: Mephitidae).
- Authors
Dragoo, Jerry W.; Sheffield, Steven R.
- Abstract
Conepatus leuconotus (Lichtenstein, 1832) is a mephitid commonly called the white-backed or American hognosed skunk. It is a sexually dimorphic species with a single white stripe along the back, and is 1 of 4 species in the genus Conepatus. It has been reported as far north as Colorado and throughout the southwestern United States including southern Arizona, NewMexico, and Texas. The species occurs throughoutMexico and as far south as northern Costa Rica. It has been reported in a variety of habitats from canyons, stream sides, rocky terrain, various grasslands, tropical areas, mountains, and coastal plains. Several populations have been extirpated and others may be declining throughout the range.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CONEPATUS leuconotus; SKUNKS; HABITATS; CARNIVORA
- Publication
Mammalian Species, 2009, Issue 827, p1
- ISSN
0076-3519
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1644/827.1