| helminths of sympatric striped, hog-nosed, and spotted skunks in west-central texas. | twenty-eight hog-nosed skunks (conepatus leuconotus), 23 striped skunks (mephitis mephitis), and nine spotted skunks (spilogale gracilis) from an area of sympatry in west-central texas were examined for helminth parasites. shared helminth species among all three host species were one nematode (physaloptera maxillaris), two acanthocephalans (pachysentis canicola, macracanthorhynchus ingens), and one cestode (mathevotaenia mephitis). two nematodes (gongylonema sp. and filaria taxidaea) occurred in ... | 2006 | 17092881 |
| identification of skunk species submitted for rabies testing in the desert southwest. | 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 te ... | 2004 | 15362845 |