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Buisnictis
Taxonomy
Buisnictis was named by Hibbard (1950). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Hibbard (1950) and Carroll (1988); to Mephitini by Baskin (1998) and Wang et al. (2005); to Mephitidae by Wang and Carranza-Castaneda (2008); and to Mephitinae by Bjork (1970), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Wang et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Hibbard (1950) and Carroll (1988); to Mephitini by Baskin (1998) and Wang et al. (2005); to Mephitidae by Wang and Carranza-Castaneda (2008); and to Mephitinae by Bjork (1970), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Wang et al. (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1950 | Buisnictis Hibbard |
| 1970 | Buisnictis Bjork p. 28 |
| 1980 | Buisnictis Kurten and Anderson p. 161 |
| 1988 | Buisnictis Carroll |
| 1998 | Buisnictis Baskin p. 159 |
| 2005 | Buisnictis Wang et al. p. 937 |
| 2008 | Buisnictis Wang and Carranza-Castaneda |
| 2014 | Buisnictis Wang et al. p. 292 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Buisnictis Hibbard 1950
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†Buisnictis burrowsi Skinner and Hibbard 1972
†Buisnictis metabatos Wang et al. 2014
†Buisnictis schoffi Hibbard 1954
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| X. Wang et al. 2014 | Buisnictis is intermediate in morphology between the more primitive Martinogale and the more derived Spilogale, Mephitis, Conepatus, and other genera within the crown clade of extant mephitids. Derived characters that differ from Martinogale include a notch between m1 metaconid and entoconid crest. Primitive char- acters compared to living clades include narrow forehead (postorbital constriction) region, conical-shaped P4 proto- cone (except in B. metabatos sp. nov.), M1 not broad- ened anteroposteriorly, M1 internal cingulum (hypocone) not expanded posteriorly, narrow p4, and shallow jaws. An autapomorphy for some species of Buisnictis (B. meaden- sis and B. burrowsi) is their reduction of m1 metaconid and slight tendency toward hypercarnivory, such as a more slender M1. |