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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| English | — | BIG THICKET HOG-NOSED SKUNK |
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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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