Conepatus mesoleucus ssp. telmalestes
– Extinct
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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CARNIVORA
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Family:
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MEPHITIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Conepatus mesoleucus ssp. telmalestes
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Infra-specific Authority:
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V. Bailey, 1905
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Common Name/s:
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BIG THICKET HOG-NOSED SKUNK (Eng)
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Taxonomic Notes:
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While many authors have traditionally considered skunks a subfamily (Mephitinae) within Mustelidae, recent molecular evidence indicates that skunks do not lie within the mustelid group and should be recognized as a single family, Mephitidae (see Wozencraft in Wilson and Reeder 2005).
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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EX ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1996
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Annotations:
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Needs updating
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Assessor/s:
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Mustelid Specialist Group
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History:
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| 1988 | - | Indeterminate (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988) |
| 1990 | - | Indeterminate (IUCN 1990) |
| 1994 | - | Extinct? (Groombridge 1994) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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This endemic North American species was known only from Big Thicket, Texas.
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Countries:
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Regionally extinct:
United States
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Habitat and Ecology
Threats
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Threats:
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Hog-nosed skunks have been hunted for their pelt and it is probably this commerce that has led to the extinction of the isolated population in Big Thicket.
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Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London. Small Carnivore Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
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