Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora - (Family) Mephitidae

Subsequent positions

Mephitinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845

Current position

Mephitidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1845

Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 622.

Alternative positions

Melinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 315.
Mephitinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 264.
Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 107.

Historical positions

Mephitidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 622.
Mephitinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 264.
Melinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 315.
Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 107.
Melinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1042.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s;3ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 11 Dec 2014	[2s;3ss]
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 623	[2s;3ss]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[2s]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[2s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[2s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	[1s]