Mephitis
See also: mephitis
Translingual
Etymology
Via Latin, from mephitis, the name of a Samnite goddess who personified the poisonous gases emitted from swamps and volcanoes.
Proper noun
Mephitis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Mephitidae – one of the three genera of skunks, native to North America.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia - suborder; Mephitidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Mephitis mephitis - type species; Mephitis macroura - sole other known species
Further reading
Mephitis (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Mephitis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Mephitis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Mephitis in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Mephitis at Animal Diversity Web
- Mephitis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Mephitis at Encyclopedia of Life
- Mephitis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Mephitis at Paleobiology Database
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