Molina´s Hog-nosed Skunk (Conepatus chinga)

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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Group	Species	Date	User
Birds	Carancho (Caracara plancus)	23/04/2023	Diego Oscar

Number of Photography: 172

Photography ID: 667336
Cabo Virgenes
Santa Cruz
Argentina
12/23/2025
Hernán Tolosa

Photography ID: 667118
Adult
Valle del Lunarejo
Rivera
Uruguay
01/05/2026
Adrian Antunez

Photography ID: 660057
Adult
Ruta entre Cerro Castillo y parque Nacional Torres del Paine
Región de Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena
Chile
11/05/2025
Diego Oscar

Photography ID: 655675
Adult
Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
Corrientes
Argentina
09/26/2025
Susana Gomez

Photography ID: 641181
Adult
Ruta Provincial 510 a Valle Fertil, Área Protegida "valle Fértil".
San Juan
Argentina
04/22/2025
Dirección De Conservación - Seayds - San Juan

Photography ID: 639536
Adult
Firmat
Santa Fe
Argentina
05/31/2025
Diego Trillo

Photography ID: 637851
Adult
Ruta Provincial 6S
Santa Fe
Argentina
05/31/2025
Pablo Richter

Photography ID: 634843
Adult
Tandil
Buenos Aires
Argentina
05/03/2025
Liliana Rubilar Puerta

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Number of Films: 9

Video ID: 6762
Adult
La Paz
Mendoza
Argentina
08/15/2022
Pablo Moreno

Video ID: 6214
Adult
Camino de acceso Laguna de Saavedra
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/25/2024
Ricardo Fernandez Chaves

Video ID: 5660
Adult
Anp La Esmeralda
Entre Ríos
Argentina
04/16/2023
Norberto Muzzachiodi

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Number of Records: 545

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2415191

05/01/2026

Uruguay

Rivera

Valle del Lunarejo

Adrian Antunez

2415684

23/12/2025

Argentina

Santa Cruz

Camino entre Rio Gallegos y Cabo Virgenes, Cabo Virgenes

Hernán Tolosa

2401019

19/12/2025

19:22

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Camino sin nombrar

Marcelo Gavensky

2387467

05/11/2025

Chile

Región de Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena

Ruta entre Cerro Castillo y parque Nacional Torres del Paine

Diego Oscar

2375253

16/10/2025

10:52

Argentina

Neuquén

Ruta Nacional 40

Nicolas Olejnik

2371337

26/09/2025

Argentina

Corrientes

Colonia Carlos Pellegrini

Susana Gomez

2374074

21/09/2025

Argentina

Entre Ríos

Ruta 12 entre Médanos y Gualeguay

Gaston Lisandro Gabinetti

2367464

21/09/2025

Argentina

Entre Ríos

Ceibas, Departamento Islas del Ibicuy

Peter Vidana

2348947

29/08/2025

13:32

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Ruta Nacional 5

Mariano Costa

2345048

16/08/2025

Argentina

Entre Ríos

Ruta 22--paso Duarte, Federal

Pablo Bruni

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