Mephitis mephitis von

Hoffman, Justin D., Lester, Courtney, Doucet, Darian & Iguwe, Damilola, 2024, UPDATED CHECKLIST AND DISTRIBUTION Of WILD TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS IN LOUISIANA, Occasional Papers of the Museum 389, pp. 1-28 : 18-19

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15748679

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15757145

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E2879C-076C-0463-32F5-FA2CB98D5CEC

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Felipe

scientific name

Mephitis mephitis von
status

 

Mephitis mephitis von View in CoL Schreber, 1776

Striped Skunk

Mephitis mephitis are distributed statewide in Louisiana. Since Lowery (1974), a new specimen record was reported from Rapides Parish. Additionally, new nonvouchered records were reported from Beauregard, Jackson, La Salle, Saint Tammany, and West Feliciana parishes.

Specimen record (1).—Rapides Parish (1): 3 mi N Otis, 31.256N, - 92.728W, 1 ( LSUMZ 20709 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .

Nonvouchered records (6).— Beauregard Parish (2): Highway 171, Longville, LA, USA, 30.655N, -93.233W, 1 (iNaturalist 8880994); GoogleMaps 4587 Highway 171, Deridder, LA, USA, 30.771N, - 93.240W, 1 (iNaturalist 23922858). GoogleMaps Jackson Parish (1): 32.480N, - 92.486W, 1 (iNaturalist 54307772). GoogleMaps La Salle Parish (1): Catahoula NWR Headquarters Unit, 31.573N, - 92.023W, 1 (iNaturalist 125575573). GoogleMaps Saint Tammany Parish (1): (iNaturalist 20187753). GoogleMaps West Feliciana Parish (1): LA-421 , Saint Francisville, LA, USA, 30.854N, - 91.234W, 1 (iNaturalist 66485321) GoogleMaps .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Mephitidae

Genus

Mephitis

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