Eastern Hog-nosed Skunk

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Eastern Hog-nosed Skunk

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mephitidae
Genus: Conepatus
Species: C. leuconotus
Binomial name
Conepatus leuconotus
(Lichtenstein, 1832)

The eastern hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus leuconotus) is a species of hog-nosed skunk, and is the largest skunk in the world, growing to lengths of up to 2.7 feet (82.5cm), and weighing 2-6 lb (0.9-2.7 kg).[1] Recent work has concluded that the Western Hog-nosed Skunk is the same species, and that Conepatus leuconotus is the correct name of the merged populations.[2] Dwarfism caused by competition for food may explain the size difference.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/coneleuc.htm
  2. ^ http://museum.utep.edu/chih/theland/animals/mammals/conemeso.htm
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