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Spilogale

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Spilogale Gray
1901Spilogale Allen p. 332
1902Spilogale Hay p. 766
1955Spilogale Hibbard p. 220
1980Spilogale Kurten and Anderson p. 162
1988Spilogale Carroll
1998Spilogale Baskin p. 160
2004Spilogale Marmi et al. p. 491
2005Spilogale Wang et al. p. 937

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyMephitidaeBonaparte 1845
genusSpilogaleGray 1865

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. Spilogale Gray 1865
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Spilogale angustifrons Howell 1902 [southern spotted skunk]
Spilogale gracilis Merriam 1890 [western spotted skunk]
Spilogale interrupta Rafinesque 1820 [prairie spotted skunk]
Spilogale leucoparia Merriam 1890 [desert spotted skunk]
†Spilogale microdens Dalquest 1978
Spilogale putorius Linnaeus 1758 [eastern spotted skunk]
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Invalid names: Galera perdicida [synonym], Mephitis quaterlinearis Winans 1859 [synonym], Spilogale ambarvalis Bangs 1898 [synonym], Spilogale indianola Merriam 1890 [synonym], Spilogale marylandensis Gidley and Gazin 1933 [synonym], Spilogale pedroensis Gazin 1942 [synonym]
Spilogale pygmaea Thomas 1898
†Spilogale rexroadi Hibbard 1941
Spilogale yucatanensis Burt 1938 [Yucatán spotted skunk]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialg
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 12:11:02
Modified: 2011-04-24 21:11:02
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Gebo and Rose 1993, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) S. microdens, S. rexroadi (20060) S. rexroadi (20032)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) S. sp. (20062)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) S. pedroensis (20303)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) S. rexroadi (19934 19936)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) S. sp. (19703)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) S. putorius (20384)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Kansas) S. ambarvalis (19927)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) S. putorius (124319)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Texas) S. sp. (85140)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) S. interrupta (20295)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) S. putorius (20164)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Alabama) S. putorius (20282)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) S. putorius (20349 20559) S. sp. (20150 20477)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) S. marylandensis, S. putorius (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (New Mexico) S. putorius (20506)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) S. putorius (20289 20385)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) S. putorius (20124 20126)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) S. interrupta (20290)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Virginia) S. putorius (104662)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) S. putorius (20440 20491 195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) S. ambarvalis (74292) S. putorius (154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) S. gracilis (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) S. putorius (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) S. ambarvalis (154771) S. putorius (20598)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) S. putorius (74954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Indiana) S. putorius (20600)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) S. sp. (76059 76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) S. putorius (79581) S. sp. (93143)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) S. interrupta (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) S. putorius (20595 20634)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) S. sp. (225801)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Nuevo Leon) S. sp. (71345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) S. interrupta (93379)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) S. sp. (163147)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) S. putorius (124089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) S. putorius (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Nevada) S. putorius (93291)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) S. putorius (104689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Arizona) S. putorius (93374)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Arizona) S. gracilis (63708 63709 63710 63712 63716 63720 63721 63722 63724)