Mephitis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Cladus: Ferungulata
Cladus: Ferae
Cladus: Pancarnivora
Cladus: Carnivoramorpha
Cladus: Carnivoraformes
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Infraordo: Arctoidea
Superfamilia: Musteloidea

Familia: Mephitidae
Genus: Mephitis
Species: M. macroura - M. mephitis
Name

Mephitis (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. G. Cuvier, 1795)

Type Species: Viverra mephitis Schreber, 1776.
Synonyms

Chincha Lesson, 1842
Leucomitra Howell, 1901
Mammephitisus Herrera, 1899
Mephites Gray, 1847
Mephritis Gray, 1821
Spilogale Gray, 1865
Viverra Schreber, 1776

References

Mag. Encyclop., 2: 187.
Mephitis in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Mephitis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. G. Cuvier, 1795 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names
Türkçe: Şeritli kokarca

ephitis is one of several genera of skunks and comprises two species, both of which are found in North America.

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Mephitis mephitis	Striped skunk	Southern Canada, the United States and northern Mexico
	Mephitis macroura	Hooded skunk	Southwestern United States to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northwest Costa Rica