Species
- Conepatus chinga - Molina's hog-nosed skunk
- Conepatus humboldtii - Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk
- Conepatus leuconotus - American hog-nosed skunk
- Conepatus leuconotus - Eastern hog-nosed skunk
- Conepatus mesoleucus - Western hog-nosed skunk
- Conepatus semistriatus - Striped hog-nosed skunk
Recent work has concluded that the western hog-nosed skunk or common hog-nosed skunk (formerly Conepatus mesoleucus) is the same species as the American hog-nosed skunk, and that Conepatus leuconotus is the correct name of the merged populations.
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