Events Tagged: "taxonomy"

Carl Linnaeus formally names the striped skunk Viverra mephitis in Systema Naturae, 10th edition

Georges Cuvier and Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire begin reclassifying skunks as distinct from civets

Dragoo and Honeycutt's DNA study strongly supports classifying skunks as family Mephitidae

Complete classification revision officially separates skunks from Mustelidae family into Mephitidae