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
         Genus Conepatus Gray, 1837 - hog-nosed skunks
           1 Conepatus chinga (Molina, 1782) - Molina's hog-nosed skunk
           2 Conepatus humboldtii Gray, 1837 - Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk
           3 Conepatus leuconotus (Lichtenstein, 1832) - American hog-nosed skunk
           4 Conepatus mesoleucus (Lichtenstein, 1832) - hog-nosed skunk see Conepatus leuconotus (Lichtenstein, 1832)
           5 Conepatus semistriatus (Boddaert, 1785) - striped hog-nosed skunk