Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Synonym: Chincha Lesson 1842
Parent taxon: Mephitidae according to J. Marmi et al. 2004
See also Allen 1901, Alroy 2002, Baskin 1998, Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Wang et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Brachyprotoma, Buisnictis, Conepatus, Martinogale, Mephitinae, Miomephitis, Mydaus, Osmotherium, Palaeomephitis, Promephitis, Spilogale
Subtaxa: Mephitis macroura Mephitis mephitis Mephitis orthrostica Mephitis rexroadensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Ontario collection), Mexico (1), United States (49: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Blancan of United States (2: Kansas, Nebraska)
Total: 53 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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