Buisnictis schoffi Hibbard 1954 (skunk)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1954. A New Pliocene Vertebrate Fauna From Oklahoma. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 39:339-359

Belongs to Buisnictis according to C. W. Hibbard 1954

Sister taxa: Buisnictis breviramus, Buisnictis burrowsi, Buisnictis metabatos

Type specimen: Its type locality is Buis Ranch, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Oklahoma

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (2: Kansas collections)

• Hemphillian of United States (3: Nebraska, Oklahoma)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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