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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 40(2), 2004, pp. 371-376
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Identification of Skunk Species Submitted for Rabies Testing in the Desert Southwest

Jerry W. Dragoo1,5, Daniel K. Matthes2, Adam Aragon3, Christine C. Hass4 and Terry L. Yates1

1 Museum of Southwestern Biology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA;
2 Los Lunas High School, PO Drawer 1300, Los Lunas, New Mexico 87031, USA;
3 New Mexico Department of Health, Scientific Laboratory Division, Virology/Serology Section, PO Box 4700, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87196, USA;
4 Audubon Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch, HC 1 Box 44, Elgin, Arizona 85611, USA
5 Corresponding author (email: jdragoo{at}unm.edu)

ABSTRACT:   Skunks usually are identified by their common name (skunk) when submitted for rabies testing. In the desert southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, USA; and northern Mexico), there are five species of skunks; four of which can occur in sympatry. To better understand the ecology of skunk rabies in these areas, it is imperative that species be properly identified. We used the displacement loop (d-loop) of the mitochondrial genome to identify to species 24 skunk brain samples submitted for rabies testing in New Mexico from 2001 to 2002. Most were identified as striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis), but hooded (Mephitis macroura) and hog-nosed (Conepatus leuconotus) skunks were also found.
  Key words:  Conepatus, Mephitidae, Mephitis, mitochondrial DNA, rabies, Spilogale, taxonomy, voucher specimens.




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