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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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