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 Mephitis Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795 - striped skunk and hooded skunk
1 Mephitis macroura Lichtenstein, 1832 - hooded skunk
2 Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776) - striped skunk