Spilogale

See also: spilogale

Translingual

Spilogale putorius

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek σπίλος (spílos, “spot, fleck”) + γαλέη (galéē, “weasel or marten-like animal”)

Proper noun

Spilogale f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mephitidae – the spotted skunks.

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): Spilogale putorius (eastern spotted skunk) - type species; Spilogale angustifrons (southern spotted skunk), Spilogale aquaticus, Spilogale gracilis (western spotted skunk), Spilogale pygmaea (pygmy spotted skunk) - other species

Further reading

• Spotted skunk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Spilogale on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Spilogale on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Spilogale in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Spilogale at Animal Diversity Web
• Spilogale at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Spilogale at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Spilogale at Paleobiology Database