hog-nosed skunk
conepatus latin

The individual hog-nosed skunk species vary in size, but among them is included the largest of all skunks.

The American hog-nosed skunk has stocky legs and plantigrade feet (the entire sole of the foot touches the ground).

The American hog-nosed skunk is adapted for digging, and resembles badgers rather than other species of skunks in this respect.

The western hog-nosed skunk is a large skunk averaging about 55-60cm in total length, with males slightly larger than females.

Infrequent sightings of the American Hog-nosed Skunks raise concerns over the conservation status.

The Eastern Hog-nosed Skunk is only found in southern Texas and Veracruz Mexico.

Hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus)

Amazonian hog-nosed Skunk (Conepatus semistriatus)

This species of hog-nosed skunk is native from the southwestern United States (Arizona to southern Texas) south through Mexico to Nicaragua.

Humboldt's Hog-nosed Skunk (Conepatus humboldtii)

The Striped Hog-nosed Skunk, C. semistriatus is found in Veracruz, Costa Rica, Guatemala.

Molina's hog-nosed skunk, also called the Andes skunk (Conepatus chinga), is a skunk species from South America.

Recent work has concluded the western hog-nosed skunk (formerly Conepatus mesoleucus) is the same species, and Conepatus leuconotus is the correct name of the merged populations.

The striped skunk can broadly overlap in size with this species, but in comparison the striped, has a shorter head-and-body length and a longer tail than the hog-nosed skunk.

The guanaco, the cougar, the Patagonian fox, the Patagonian hog-nosed skunk, and the Magellanic Tuco-tuco are the most common mammals of the Patagonian plains.

Though not threatened through most of its range, one subspecies, the big thicket hog-nosed skunk (C. m. telmalestes) of southeastern Texas, is now considered extinct by the IUCN.

Similar in size to a domestic cat, this species is the heaviest species of skunk, though it is not as long (in body or tail length) as the American hog-nosed skunk.

The Molina hog-nosed Skunk, also known as Andes Skunk, (C. chinga) is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay.

The striped hog-nosed skunk, Conepatus semistriatus, is a skunk species from Central and South America (from southern Mexico to northern Peru, and in the extreme east of Brazil).

The distinguishing feature of the American hog-nosed skunk is it has a single, broad white stripe from the top of the head to the base of the tail, with the tail itself being completely white.

One is Molina's Hog-nosed Skunk, Conepatus chinga; the second is Lesser grison, Galictis cuja; the third is Southern River Otter, Lontra provocax, an endangered species.

Carnivorous and omnivorous mammals native to the area include the cougar, jaguar, ocelot, bobcat, black bear, American badger, coyote, gray fox, hooded skunk, American hog-nosed skunk, raccoon, white-nosed coati and ring-tailed cat.

Humboldt's hog-nosed Skunk, also known as Patagonian hog-nosed skunk (C. humboldtii) finds its habitat in the open grassy areas in the Patagonian regions of Chile and Argentina.

The The Western Hog-nosed Skunk (C. mesoleucus) is found in Colorado, Southern Washington, Texas, Arizona, Sierra Guadalupe Cohuila, New Mexico, Chicago, Colima, Honduras, Sonora, and Nicaragua.

Before the merge of the American hog-nosed skunks, the Eastern hog-nosed skunk, Conepatus leuconotus is typically larger than the Western hog-nosed skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus.

The hog-nosed skunks belong to the genus Conepatus and are members of the family Mephitidae (skunks).

Hog-nosed skunks (Conepatus chinga, C. humboldtii, C. semistriatus)

Humboldt's Hog-nosed Skunk (Conepatus humboldtii)

New Neotropical Molossus, Conepatus, Nectomys, Proechimys, and Agouti, with a note on the genus Mesomys.

The common mammals found here are the rodents, but there are other species like the Sechuran Fox, the Andes Skunk (Conepatus rex), the mountain mouse, and the vizcacha.

The Genus Conepatus (Mammalia, Mustelidae) : variation within a population - by Richard George Van Gelder; Hilde Kipp (1967)

One is Molina's Hog-nosed Skunk, Conepatus chinga; the second is Lesser grison, Galictis cuja; the third is Southern River Otter, Lontra provocax, an endangered species.