Mephitis mephitis (Schreber 1776) [Viverra] mephitis Schreber 1776, Die Saugethiere, Vol. 3, 17: pl. 121 [1776], see also text, 3 (26): 444, 588 (index) [1777]. Type Locality: "Amerika". Vernacular Names: Striped Skunk. Subspecies:: Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. mephitis Schreber 1776 Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. avia Bangs 1898 Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. elongata Bangs 1895 Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. estor Merriam 1890 Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. holzneri Mearns 1898 Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. hudsonica Richardson 1829 Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. major Howell 1901 Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. mesomelas Lichtenstein 1832 Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. nigra Peale and Palisot de Beauvois 1796 Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. notata Hall 1936 Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. occidentalis Baird 1858 Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. spissigrada Bangs 1898 Subspecies Mephitis mephitis subsp. varians Gray 1837 Distribution: Canada (SW Northwest Territories to Hudson Bay and S Quebec), Mexico (N Tamaulipas, N Durango, and N Baja California), USA. Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Synonyms allocated according to Hall (1981) and Wade-Smith and Verts (1982).

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 622, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519