Mephitis mephitis (ScHreBer, 1776)
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15755889 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF87CB-FFB1-7C74-8BE5-FA132BECFB87 |
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Felipe |
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Mephitis mephitis (ScHreBer, 1776) |
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Mephitis mephitis (ScHreBer, 1776) View in CoL
Striped Skunk
MepHitis mepHitis View in CoL is distinguished by two white dorsal stripes that join on the neck and branch behind the head. A white medial stripe is present on the face and forehead ( Wade-Smith and Verts 1982). Despite this standard pattern, there is remarkable variation in the pelage of this species with some individuals almost completely black and others with white over most of the body. Striped skunks are distributed throughout the state of Texas ( Schmidly and Bradley 2016) with M. m. Varians in the western majority of the state and M. m. mesomelus roughly east of the Balcones Fault Zone ( Schmidly 1983). In most areas where they occur sympatrically with other skunks, M. mepHitis is the most abundant species ( Schmidly and Bradley 2016). Despite state-wide distribution, some counties do not have a representative vouchered specimen or documented observation. Krishnamoorthy et al. (2021) reported a recent record from Lynn County located in the Texas Panhandle. Herein are documented 39 county records and 41 nonvounchered photographic records from 12 counties. One record from Wilson County was deposited as a voucher specimen at the Texas A&M Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collection – formerly Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection (TCWC).
Specimens examined (149).—Armstrong County (1): 25 August 2020 ( ASNHC 20162 View Materials ) . Bee County (1) : 2 August 2011 ( ASNHC 15029 View Materials ) . Bell County (1): female , 6 August 1996, Fort Hood Military Installation ( ASNHC 11747 View Materials ) . Bosque County (1) : 15 July 2020 ( ASNHC 20163 View Materials ) . Burnet County (18) : 9 November 2010 ( ASNHC 16202 View Materials ) ; 6 September 2011 ( ASNHC 19983 View Materials ) ; 7 March 2011 ( ASNHC 14721 View Materials ) ; 7 March 2011 ( ASNHC 14730 View Materials ) ; 12 April 2011 ( ASNHC 16199 View Materials ) ; 12 May 2011 ( ASNHC 14852 View Materials ) ; 3 June 2011 ( ASNHC 15018 View Materials ) ; 21 June 2011 ( ASNHC 16201 View Materials ) ; 7 July 2011 ( ASNHC 15048 View Materials ) ; 6 September 2011 ( ASNHC 19983 View Materials ) ; 27 January 2012 ( ASNHC 15582 View Materials ) ; 3 February 2012 ( ASNHC 16200 View Materials ) ; 8 July 2012 ( ASNHC 15045 View Materials ) ; 12 February 2013 ( ASNHC 18983 View Materials ) ; 21 February 2013 ( ASNHC 19137 View Materials ) ; 12 June 2013 ( ASNHC 17967 View Materials ) ; 12 September 2013 ( ASNHC 17968 View Materials ) ; 1 April 2014 ( ASNHC 17858 View Materials ) . Carson County (9) : 30 August 2010 ( ASNHC 14427 View Materials ) ; 9 September 2010 ( ASNHC 14450 View Materials ) ; 17 September 2010 ( ASNHC 14438 View Materials ) ; 25 September 2010 ( ASNHC 14439 View Materials ) ; 8 April 2011 ( ASNHC 15583 View Materials ) ; 20 May 2011 ( ASNHC 15022 View Materials ) ; 22 July 2011 ( ASNHC 15040 View Materials ) ; 22 July 2011 ( ASNHC 16211 View Materials ) ; 1 August 2011 ( ASNHC 15030 View Materials ) . Castro County (1) : 16 May 2014 ( ASNHC 17901 View Materials ) . Childress County (2) : 13 April 2011 ( ASNHC 16212 View Materials ) ; 3 June 2011 ( ASNHC 16637 View Materials ) . Collingsworth County (1) : 6 March 2012 ( ASNHC 17854 View Materials ) . Ector County (6) : 11 October 2010 ( ASNHC 14510 View Materials ) ; 12 November 2013 ( ASNHC 17902 View Materials ) ; 17 September 2019 ( ASNHC 20021 View Materials ) ; 17 September 2019 ( ASNHC 20026 View Materials ) ; 26 September 2019 ( ASNHC 20020 View Materials ) ; 27 September 2019 ( ASNHC 20022 View Materials ) . Fisher County (1) : 30 November 2012 ( ASNHC 18996 View Materials ) . Gaines County (2): female , 10 September 2005, Seminole (32.718993, -102.64491; ASNHC 13637 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; female, 8 January 2008, 6.4 km southwest of Seminole on TX HWY 181 (32.678201, -102.693384; ASNHC 17835 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . Gillespie County (2) : 12August 2011 ( ASNHC 20262 View Materials ) ; 23 August 2013 ( ASNHC 18715 View Materials ) . Gray County (1) : 28 July 2020 ( ASNHC 20164 View Materials ) . Guadalupe County (5) : 18 February 2011 ( ASNHC 14613 View Materials ) ; 16 June 2011 ( ASNHC 16220 View Materials ) ; 25August 2011 ( ASNHC 20027 View Materials ) ; 30 August 2011 ( ASNHC 14423 View Materials ) ; 15 July 2014 ( ASNHC 17913 View Materials ) . Hamilton County (5) : 26 July 2011 ( ASNHC 15079 View Materials ) ; 16 October 2012 ( ASNHC 16623 View Materials ) ; 20 March 2014 ( ASNHC 17925 View Materials ) ; 27 March 2014 ( ASNHC 18525 View Materials ) ; 4 April 2014 ( ASNHC 17922 View Materials ) . Hardeman County (1) : 2 October 2012 ( ASNHC 16186 View Materials ) . Haskell County (1) : 24 February 2020 ( ASNHC 20165 View Materials ) . Hood County (13) : 26 October 2010 ( ASNHC 14638 View Materials ) ; 25 May 2011 ( ASNHC 16226 View Materials ) ; 21 September 2011 (ASNHC 16605); 6 December 2012 ( ASNHC 18927 View Materials ) ; 20 March 2013 ( ASNHC 20015 View Materials ) ; 12 June 2013 ( ASNHC 17887 View Materials ) ; 12 June 2013 ( ASNHC 18538 View Materials ) ; 14 February 2014 ( ASNHC 18539 View Materials ) ; 11 March 2014 ( ASNHC 17980 View Materials ) ; 22 April 2014 ( ASNHC 18541 View Materials ) ; 24 June 2014 ( ASNHC 19167 View Materials ) ; 6 August 2014 ( ASNHC 18540 View Materials ) ; 2 October 2014 ( ASNHC 19133 View Materials ) . Johnson County (12) : 22 October 2010 ( ASNHC 14605 View Materials ) ; 27 December 2010 ( ASNHC 14524 View Materials ) ; 1 March 2011 ( ASNHC 14695 View Materials ) ; 10 January 2012 ( ASNHC 16612 View Materials ) ; 6 June 2013 ( ASNHC 18107 View Materials ) ; 8 June 2013 ( ASNHC 18108 View Materials ) ; 25 June 2013 ( ASNHC 17884 View Materials ) ; 3 January 2014 ( ASNHC 20016 View Materials ) ; 20 February 2014 ( ASNHC 17994 View Materials ) ; 9April 2014 ( ASNHC 17895 View Materials ) ; 23 December 2014 ( ASNHC 19132 View Materials ) ; 2 October 2019 ( ASNHC 20028 View Materials ) . Lampasas County (1): male , 20 February 2011, 3.2 km east of Lampasas on TX HWY 183 (31.5317, -98.1181; ASNHC 19169 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . Live Oak County (1) : 19 April 2011 ( ASNHC 15139 View Materials ) . Menard County (1) : 12 November 2013 ( ASNHC 17861 View Materials ) . Midland County (8) : 10 September 2010 ( ASNHC 14443 View Materials ) ; 13 September 2010 ( ASNHC 14447 View Materials ) ; 29 September 2010 ( ASNHC 14568 View Materials ) ; 26 July 2011 ( ASNHC 15031 View Materials ) ; 29 July 2011 ( ASNHC 15041 View Materials ) ; 30August 2012 ( ASNHC 16383 View Materials ) ; 4 October 2013 ( ASNHC 17856 View Materials ) ; 19 March 2014 ( ASNHC 18549 View Materials ) . Morris County (1) : 30 January 2015 ( ASNHC 18720 View Materials ) . Ochiltree County (2) : 21 October 2011 ( ASNHC 16176 View Materials ) ; 18 March 2014 ( ASNHC 17865 View Materials ) . Parker County (11): male , 29 May 1999, 8 km southeast of Weatherford , Moncrief Ranch (32.699008, -97.722687; ASNHC 12075 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; male, 10 November 2001, 7.9 km south, 7.1 km east of Weatherford (32.678785, -97.707284; ASNHC 12011 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; female, 11 November 2001, 7.9 km south, 7.1 km east of Weatherford (32.678785, -97.707284; ASNHC 12010 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; female, 24 November 2001, 7.9 km south, 7.1 km east of Weatherford (32.678785, -97.707284; ASNHC 12009 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; 2 September 2010 ( ASNHC 14530 View Materials ) ; 7 January 2011 ( ASNHC 14774 View Materials ) ; 10 October 2012 ( ASNHC 16624 View Materials ) ; 23 March 2012 ( ASNHC 16387 View Materials ) ; 22 March 2013 ( ASNHC 20018 View Materials ) ; 9 October 2014 ( ASNHC 18885 View Materials ) ; 2 October 2019 ( ASNHC 20025 View Materials ) . Potter County (10) : 31 August 2010 ( ASNHC 14602 View Materials ) ; 08 February 2011 ( ASNHC 14775 View Materials ) ; 06 May 2011 ( ASNHC 15019 View Materials ) ; 12 July 2011 ( ASNHC 15038 View Materials ) ; 11 October 2011 ( ASNHC 16376 View Materials ) ; 09 August 2012 ( ASNHC 20019 View Materials ) ; 11 December 2012 ( ASNHC 18926 View Materials ) ; 11 December 2012 ( ASNHC 18931 View Materials ) ; 16 June 2014 ( ASNHC 18937 View Materials ) ; 20 June 2014 ( ASNHC 18880 View Materials ) . San Saba County (4) : 10 March 2011 ( ASNHC 14716 View Materials ) ; 23 August 2011 ( ASNHC 20023 View Materials ) ; 26 February 2013 ( ASNHC 18973 View Materials ) ; 5 June 2014 ( ASNHC 18938 View Materials ) . Scurry County (3) : 14 June 2011 ( ASNHC 155591 View Materials ) ; 9 September 2012 ( ASNHC 16391 View Materials ) ; 14 September 2012 ( ASNHC 16632 View Materials ) . Somervell County (5) : 15 September 2011 ( ASNHC 16629 View Materials ) ; 22 March 2012 ( ASNHC 16168 View Materials ) ; 22 March 2012 ( ASNHC 16243 View Materials ) ; 9 April 2013 ( ASNHC 20017 View Materials ) ; 26 March 2014 ( ASNHC 18747 View Materials ) . Stephens County (1) : 30 April 2014 ( ASNHC 18706 View Materials ) . Upton County (2) : May 2007, 0.32 km east of Rankin on US 67 (31.227126, -101.930772; ASNHC 13668 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; 9 June 2011 ( ASNHC 16367 View Materials ) . Uvalde County (2): 17 February 2011 ( ASNHC 14706 View Materials ) ; 29 April 2011 ( ASNHC 15092 View Materials ) . Ward County (2) : 16 October 2019 ( ASNHC 20260 View Materials ) ; 18 October 2019 ( ASNHC 20261 View Materials ) . Wilson County (1) : 5 February 2003, Floresville , Rancho de las Cabras, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (29.28138889, -97.76055556; TCWC 58330 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . Winkler County (1) : 4 March 2012 ( ASNHC 14701 View Materials ) . Wise County (7) : 3 September 2010 ( ASNHC 14508 View Materials ) ; 26 January 2012 ( ASNHC 16173 View Materials ) ; 5 December 2012 ( ASNHC 18871 View Materials ) ; 21 March 2013 ( ASNHC 20263 View Materials ) ; 4 June 2013 ( ASNHC 18743 View Materials ) ; 31 December 2019 ( ASNHC 20265 View Materials ) ; 10 March 2020 ( ASNHC 20264 View Materials ) . Young County (2) : 10 August 2011 ( ASNHC 20030 View Materials ) ; 15 June 2012 ( ASNHC 20029 View Materials ) .
NonVoucHered pHotograpHic records (41).— Bandera County (2): 5 February 2019 (20131261); 4 June 2020 (48449557). Blanco County (18): 13 June 2009 (7532057); 3 January 2010 (9919814); 1 November 2011 (7457463); 13 August 2013 (364814); 27 January 2014 (513552); 5 May 2014 (662967); 11 November 2014 (1068625); 30 January 2015 (1202350); 2 February 2015 (1208175); 22 June 2016 (3501441); 16 June 2016 (7015996); 16 December 2016 (7015996); 10 May 2018 (12341382); 5 December 2018 (18846423); 17 December 2019 (37018434); 27 March 2020 (40804871); 25 May 2020 (47317064); 13 November 2020 (64811730); 19 December 2020 (66967656). Dawson County (1): 26 September 2020 (60858091). Foard County (9): 24 January 2016 (72920506); 1 March 2016 (67839090); 28 October 2017 (66598183); 29 October 2017 (66598190); 7 November 2017 (66598240); 23 November 2017 (66556365); 27 November 2017 (66553865); 2 December 2017 (66553873); 14 December 2017 (66553883). Goliad County (1): 16 February 2020 (38715761). Karnes County (1): 7 July 2020 (52324657). Kent County (2): 20 February 2018 (10221853); 6 March 2019 (21013966). Shackelford County (2): 19 October 2019 (34586391); 5 December 2020 (67767386). Shelby County (1): 1 May 2014 (663085). Stonewall County (2): 25 May 2017 (6363850); 13 March 2020 (41083160). Willacy County (1): 21 March 2020 (40452035). Zavala County (1): 4 December 2019 (36373326).
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