Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
     Family Mustelidae Batsch, 1788 - weasels, badgers, skunks, and otters
       Subfamily Mephitinae Bonaparte, 1845 - skunks see Family Mephitidae Bonaparte, 1845
         1 Genus Conepatus Gray, 1837 - hog-nosed skunks
         2 Genus Mephitis Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795 - striped skunk and hooded skunk
         3 Genus Spilogale Gray, 1865 - spotted skunks