Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Parent taxon: Mustelida according to X. Wang et al. 2014
See also Wang and Carranza-Castaneda 2008 and Wang and Qiu 2004
Sister taxa: Ailuridae, Bavarictis, Chaprongictis, Mustelictis, Mustelidae, Oligobunidae, Peignictis, Procyonidae, Procyonoidea, Pseudobassaris
Subtaxa: Brachyprotoma Buisnictis Conepatus Martinogale Mephitinae Mephitis Miomephitis Mydaus Osmotherium Palaeomephitis Promephitis Spilogale
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Bolivia (2), Brazil (5), Canada (2: Ontario, Yukon), Mexico (1), Peru (8), United States (101: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (18: Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene of Moldova (1), Ukraine (1), United States (2: California, Idaho)
• MN 13 of China (1)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (3), United States (11: Arizona, California, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Miocene of Germany (1), Greece (10), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), United States (6: California, Nebraska, Oklahoma)
Total: 179 collections including 221 occurrences