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- Title
HOG-NOSED SKUNKS (CONEPATUS LEUCONOTUS) ALONG THE GULF OF MEXICO: POPULATION STATUS AND GENETIC DIVERSITY.
- Authors
Holbrook, Joseph D.; Deyoung, Randy W.; Caso, Arturo; Tewes, Michael E.; Young, John H.
- Abstract
We examined 12 hog-nosed skunks (Conepatus leuconotus) from southern Texas and central Tamaulipas, Mexico, during 2004-2009. We amplified the entire mitochondrial-DNA control region (D-loop) from three individuals. Results indicated that these sequences were from distinct maternal lineages with 15 variable sites. However, when reduced and compared to previously published sequences, we observed a low overall pairwise difference of 0.1% (SE = 0.1%). Our results suggest that hog-nosed skunks are persisting along the Gulf Coast region of southern Texas and northern Mexico.
- Subjects
TAMAULIPAS (Mexico : State); GULF of Mexico; TEXAS; MEXICO; HOG-nosed skunks; CONEPATUS leuconotus; ANIMAL populations; ANIMAL genetics; COMPARATIVE studies
- Publication
Southwestern Naturalist, 2012, Vol 57, Issue 2, p223
- ISSN
0038-4909
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1894/0038-4909-57.2.223