Taxonomic status of white-backed hog-nosed skunks, genus Conepatus (Carnivora: Mephitidae)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 159-176

  Dragoo, Jerry W ^a   Honeycutt, Rodney L ^b   Schmidly, David J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conepatus; Conservation; Hog nosed skunks; Mephitidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; MUSTELID; TAXONOMY;

CARNIVORA; CONEPATUS; CONEPATUS LEUCONOTUS; CONEPATUS MESOLEUCUS; MAMMALIA; MEPHITIDAE; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 0037325789     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0159:TSOWBH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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