Buisnictis burrowsi Skinner and Hibbard 1972 (skunk)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae

Full reference: M. F. Skinner and C. W. Hibbard. 1972. Early Pleistocene pre-glacial and glacial rocks and faunas of north-central Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 148(1):1-148

Belongs to Buisnictis according to Hibbard 1972

See also Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: Buisnictis breviramus, Buisnictis metabatos, Buisnictis schoffi

Type specimen: F:AM 87402, a mandible

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Sand Draw Quarry ( of Nebraska)

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