Order Carnivora Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 532 628 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Conepatus Gray 1837 Conepatus Gray 1837 , Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1: 581 . Type Species: Conepatus humboldtii Gray 1837 Synonyms: Mamconepatus Herrera 1899 ; Marputius Gray 1837 ; Oryctogale Merriam 1902 ; Ozolictus Gloger 1842 ; Thiosmus Lichtenstein 1838 . Species and subspecies: 4 species with 19 subspecies: Species Conepatus chinga ( Molina 1782 ) Subspecies Conepatus chinga subsp. chinga Molina 1782 Subspecies Conepatus chinga subsp. budini Thomas 1919 Subspecies Conepatus chinga subsp. gibsoni Thomas 1910 Subspecies Conepatus chinga subsp. inca Thomas 1900 Subspecies Conepatus chinga subsp. mendosus Thomas 1921 Subspecies Conepatus chinga subsp. rex Thomas 1898 Subspecies Conepatus chinga subsp. suffocans Illiger 1811 Species Conepatus humboldtii Gray 1837 Subspecies Conepatus humboldtii subsp. humboldtii Gray 1837 Subspecies Conepatus humboldtii subsp. castaneus d'Orbigny and Gervais 1847 Subspecies Conepatus humboldtii subsp. proteus Thomas 1902 Species Conepatus leuconotus (Lichtenstein 1832) Subspecies Conepatus leuconotus subsp. leuconotus Lichtenstein 1832 Subspecies Conepatus leuconotus subsp. figginsi F. W. Miller 1925 Subspecies Conepatus leuconotus subsp. telmalestes Bailey 1905 Species Conepatus semistriatus ( Boddaert 1785 ) Subspecies Conepatus semistriatus subsp. semistriatus Boddaert 1785 Subspecies Conepatus semistriatus subsp. amazonicus Lichtenstein 1838 Subspecies Conepatus semistriatus subsp. taxinus Thomas 1924 Subspecies Conepatus semistriatus subsp. trichurus Thomas 1905 Subspecies Conepatus semistriatus subsp. yucatanicus Goldman 1943 Subspecies Conepatus semistriatus subsp. zorrino Thomas 1901 Discussion: Revised by Kipp (1965) , who studied an extensive series of southern South American specimens and could not recognize distinctive groups among them based on skull morphology, and found only two groups based on pelage coloration. Dragoo et al. (2003) reviewed the North American species and is followed here.