| LC control no. | sh 85126975 |
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| LC classification | QL737.C248 Zoology |
| Topical heading | Eastern spotted skunk |
| Variant(s) | Cat, Civet (Skunk) Cat, Four-striped Cat, Hydrophoby Civet cat (Skunk) Four-striped cat Hydrophoby cat Little polecat Little spotted skunk Polecat, Little Spilogale putorius Spotted skunk Viverra putorius |
| See also | Spotted skunks |
| Found in | ITIS, Feb. 4, 2004 (Spilogale putorius (Linnaeus, 1758) -- eastern spotted skunk, spotted skunk, Zorrillo-manchado común) North American mammals, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History WWW site, Feb. 5, 2004 (Spilogale putorius, Eastern spotted skunk. Also known as: Civet-cat, little spotted skunk, hydrophoby cat, little pole-cat, four-striped cat) Revised checklist of North American mammals north of Mexico, 2003, via WWW (PDF), Feb. 5, 2004: p. 15 (Spilogale putorius, Eastern Spotted Skunk) Mammal species of the world, c1993, via WWW, Feb. 4, 2004 (Spilogale putorius. Common name: Eastern Spotted Skunk. Original name: [Viverra] putorius Linnaeus, 1758. Mead (1968) argued that S. p. gracilis and "possibly" leucoparia are reproductively isolated from eastern populations and therefore should be considered distinct species.) |
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