Subfamily Mephitinae Bonaparte 1845 (skunk)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae

Alternative spelling: Mephitini

Parent taxon: Mephitidae according to X. Wang and O. Carranza-Castaneda 2008

See also Baskin 1998, Bjork 1970, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Muizon 1982 and Wang et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Brachyprotoma, Buisnictis, Conepatus, Martinogale, Mephitis, Miomephitis, Mydaus, Osmotherium, Palaeomephitis, Promephitis, Spilogale

Subtaxa: Brachyopsigale Pliogale

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (2: Kansas, Texas collections)

• Hemphillian of United States (7: Arizona, Nebraska, Nevada, Texas)

• Miocene of Spain (1), United States (4: Nebraska, Oklahoma)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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