Mephitis

Via Latin, from mephitis, the name of a Samnite goddess who personified the poisonous gases emitted from swamps and volcanoes.

Mephitis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mephitidae – one of the three genera of skunks, native to North America.

• (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

• (genus): Mephitis mephitis - type species; Mephitis macroura - sole other known species

• Mephitis (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mephitis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Mephitis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Mephitis in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Mephitis at Animal Diversity Web
• Mephitis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Mephitis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Mephitis at Paleobiology Database

Mephitis

1. Alternative form of Mefitis.

• shiptime, timeship