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family

Mephitidae Bonaparte, 1845

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Carnivora - carnivores »  superfamily Musteloidea

Scientific synonyms

Mephitinae

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Included taxa

Number of records: 16

genus Conepatus Gray, 1837 - Hog-nosed Skunks
genus Mephitis E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. G. Cuvier, 1795 - Striped Skunks
genus Mydaus Cuvier, 1821
genus Palaeomephitis Jäger, 1839
genus Spilogale Gray, 1865 - Spotted Skunks

Fossil taxa

genus Brachyopsigale Hibbard, 1954 †
genus Brachyprotoma Brown, 1908 †
genus Buisnictis Hibbard, 1950 †
genus Martinogale Hall, 1930 †
genus Mesomephitis Petter, 1967 † inc.sed.
genus Miomephitis Dehm, 1950 † inc.sed.
genus Nannomephitis Kretzoi, 1952 † inc.sed.
genus Osmotherium Cope, 1896 †
genus Plesiomeles Viret & Crusafont Pairo, 1955 † inc.sed.
genus Pliogale Hall, 1930 †
genus Promephitis Gaudry, 1861 †

Links and literature

CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Mephitinae]
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† extinct taxon

inc.sed. incertae sedis - uncertain placement within this taxon



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