Mydaus Cuvier 1821 (skunk)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Alternative spelling: Myadus
Parent taxon: Mephitidae according to J. A. Finarelli 2008
See also Bertram and Biewener 1990 and Gray 1825
Sister taxa: Brachyprotoma, Buisnictis, Conepatus, Martinogale, Mephitinae, Mephitis, Miomephitis, Osmotherium, Palaeomephitis, Promephitis, Spilogale
Subtaxa: Mydaus javanensis Mydaus marchei
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mydaus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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