Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Alternative combination: Viverra mephitis
Synonyms: Mephitis frontata Coues 1875, Mephitis mephitica Shaw 1792, Mephitis mesomelas Lichtenstein 1832, Mephitis nigra Peale and Palisot de Beauvois 1786, Mephitis occidentalis Baird 1858, Mephitis putida Cuvier 1798, Mustela putida Cuvier 1798, Viverra mephitica Shaw 1792, Viverra nigra Peale and Palisot de Beauvois 1786
Belongs to Mephitis according to E. R. Hall 1936
See also Allen 1901, Allen et al. 1902, Czaplewski et al. 1999, Gidley and Gazin 1938, Hall 1981, Hay 1902, Hibbard 1937, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lundelius 1972, Marmi et al. 2004, Mead and Mead 1989, Thomas 1911 and Wilson and Reeder 1993
Sister taxa: Mephitis macroura, Mephitis orthrostica, Mephitis rexroadensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Ontario collection), Mexico (1), United States (42: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Blancan of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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