Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora - (Family) Mephitidae
Subsequent positions
Current position
	Alternative positions
	
			Historical positions
			
				
					| Mephitidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1845 | 
						Ref: 
							
								W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 622.
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						| Mephitinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845 | 
							Ref: 
								
									M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 264-265.
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							| Mephitinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845 | 
								Ref: 
									
										W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 316.
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								| Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 | 
									Ref: 
										
											G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 107.
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									| Mephitinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845 | 
										Ref: 
											
												A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1042.
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										| Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 | 
											Ref: 
												
													T.I. Storer et al., 1979
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