Spilogale rexroadi Hibbard 1941 (skunk)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1941. New Mammals from the Rexroad Fauna, Upper Pliocene of Kansas. American Midland Naturalist 26(2):337-368

Belongs to Spilogale according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980

See also Hibbard 1941

Sister taxa: Spilogale angustifrons, Spilogale gracilis, Spilogale interrupta, Spilogale leucoparia, Spilogale microdens, Spilogale putorius, Spilogale pygmaea, Spilogale yucatanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rexroad KU Locality 3, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (4: Kansas, Texas collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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