Mephitis

Summary

Mephitis is a taxon^[1]. Mephitis ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (405 views/month, #1,553 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mephitis's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Mephitis is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Mephitis is classified within Mephitidae^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Mephitis is Mephitis^[6].
• Mephitis's Commons category is recorded as Mephitis^[7].
• The taxonomic type of Mephitis is Viverra mephitis^[8].
• Mephitis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mephitis^[9].
• Mephitis's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• Mephitis's this taxon is source of is recorded as skunk fur^[11].
• Mephitis is commonly known as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Şeritli kokarca'}^[12].
• Mephitis's taxon author citation is recorded as Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier, 1795^[13].

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Classification

Mephitis's scientific name is Mephitis^[6]. Mephitis is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Mephitis belongs to the parent taxon Mephitidae^[5]. The taxonomic type of Mephitis is Viverra mephitis^[8]. Mephitis is commonly known as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Şeritli kokarca'}^[12].

Identifiers

Mephitis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41878^[14]. Mephitis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30546^[15]. Mephitis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 35946^[16]. Mephitis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219379^[17]. Mephitis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180561^[18].

Why It Matters

Mephitis ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (405 views/month, #1,553 of 195,241).^[2] Mephitis has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] Mephitis is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]