Mephitis
See also: mephitis
Translingual
Etymology
Via Latin, from Mefitis, the name of a Samnite goddess who personified the poisonous gases emitted from swamps and volcanoes. The name is from Oscan and ultimately Proto-Italic.
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 in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Mephitis at Animal Diversity Web
- Mephitis on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Mephitis at Encyclopedia of Life
- Mephitis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Mephitis at Fossilworks
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