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Molina´s Hog-nosed Skunk

Conepatus chinga
(Molina, 1782)
Zorrino
Family: Mephitidae
Order: Carnivora
Class: Mammalia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status: Least Concern

Other common names: Zorrino Común, Zorrino Patagónico.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 667118
  Adult
Valle del Lunarejo
Rivera
Uruguay
01/05/2026
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 531020
  Adult
San Carlos
Maldonado
Uruguay
04/07/2023
Alejandra Pons
Foto
Photography ID: 479607
 Reserva Natural Salus
Lavalleja
Uruguay
11/22/2014
Carlos Crocce
Foto
Photography ID: 479606
 Reserva Natural Salus
Lavalleja
Uruguay
11/22/2014
Carlos Crocce
Foto
Photography ID: 476711
  Adult
Villa Serrana
Lavalleja
Uruguay
12/26/2021
Santiago Ramos
Foto
Photography ID: 313146
  Adult
Villa Serrana
Lavalleja
Uruguay
01/21/2019
Luis Mier
Foto
Photography ID: 310136
♀  Adult
Termas de Arapey
Salto
Uruguay
12/06/2018
Mauricio Silvera
Foto
Photography ID: 254708
  Adult
Laureles
Tacuarembo
Uruguay
02/24/2018
Julio Cesar Castillo Yazauskas
Foto
Photography ID: 166223
  Adult
Sierra de las Animas
Maldonado
Uruguay
06/01/2014
Germán Gil
Foto
Photography ID: 106165
♂  Adult
Sierra de los Caracoles
Maldonado
Uruguay
07/15/2015
Daniela Lowe
Foto
Photography ID: 81479
  Adult
Laguna de Castillos
Rocha
Uruguay
01/20/2015
Pablo Eguia



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
241519105/01/2026UruguayRiveraValle del LunarejoAdrian Antunez
174363807/04/2023UruguayMaldonadoPaso de la Cantera, San CarlosAlejandra Pons
164202118/09/2022UruguayRochaRuta 15, La Paloma, Rocha3Emilio Lessa
152298526/12/2021UruguayLavallejaVilla SerranaSantiago Ramos
133639918/12/2020UruguaySaltoPaso de las Piedras de ArerunguáGuillermo Menéndez
88519408/02/2019UruguayArtigasBella UniónJorge Schlemmer
87634921/01/2019UruguayLavallejaVilla SerranaLuis Mier
86707906/12/2018UruguaySaltoTermas de ArapeyMauricio Silvera
80823915/09/2018UruguayColoniaLos Macuquitos, Paraje Costas del Colla, cerca de Rosario1Astrid Wessels
71529124/02/2018UruguayTacuaremboLaurelesJulio Cesar Castillo Yazauskas
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Molina´s Hog-nosed Skunk (Conepatus chinga) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 23/03/2026.