Order Carnivora Author W. Christopher Wozencraft text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 279 348 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7359191 1-56098-217-9 7359191 Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776) . Die Säugethiere, 3(17):pl. 121 [1776], text, 3(26):444, 588 (index) [1777]. TYPE LOCALITY: "Amerika" . DISTRIBUTION: SW Northwest Territories to Hudson Bay and S Quebec ( Canada ), south to Florida ( USA ), N Tamaulipas , N Durango , and N Baja California ( Mexico ). SYNONYMS: americana Desmarest, 1818 ; avia Bangs, 1898 ; bivirgata H[amilton]-Smith, 1842; dentata Brass, 1911 ; elongata Bangs, 1895; estor Merriam, 1890 ; fetidissima Boitard, 1842 ; foetulenta Elliot, 1899; frontata Coues, 1875 ; holzneri Mearns, 1897; hudsonica Richardson, 1829 ; major Howell, 1901 ; mesomelas Lichtenstein, 1832 ; minnesotoe Brass, 1911; newtonensis Brown, 1908; nigra Peale and Palisot de Beauvois, 1796 ; notata Howell, 1901; occidentalis Baird, 1858 ; olida Boitard, 1842 ; platyrhina Howell, 1901 ; putida Boitard, 1842 ; scrutator Bangs, 1896; spissigrada Bangs, 1898 ; varions Gray, 1837 . COMMENTS: Reviewed by Wade-Smith and Verts (1982 , Mammalian Species, 173).