Spilogale interrupta Rafinesque 1820 (prairie spotted skunk)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Alternative combination: Mephitis interrupta
Belongs to Spilogale according to M.M. McDonough et al. 2022
See also Baskin 1998, Hall 1936, Hall 1981, Hay 1902, Hibbard 1955 and Lee and Modi 1983
Sister taxa: Spilogale angustifrons, Spilogale gracilis, Spilogale leucoparia, Spilogale microdens, Spilogale putorius, Spilogale pygmaea, Spilogale rexroadi, Spilogale yucatanensis
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Herculaneum Fissure (Quaternary of Missouri)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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