Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
       Suborder Caniformia Kretzoi, 1943
         Family Mephitidae Bonaparte, 1845
           Genus Spilogale Gray, 1865 - spotted skunks
             Spilogale pygmaea Thomas, 1898 - pygmy spotted skunk
               1 [Spilogale pygmaea pygmaea] Thomas, 1898
               2 Spilogale pygmaea australis Hall, 1938
               3 Spilogale pygmaea intermedia López-Forment & Urbano, 1979