Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Synonym: Thiosmus Lichtenstein 1838
Parent taxon: Mephitidae according to X. Wang and O. Carranza-Castaneda 2008
See also Allen 1901, Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Schultz and Howard 1935 and Wang et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Brachyprotoma, Buisnictis, Martinogale, Mephitinae, Mephitis, Miomephitis, Mydaus, Osmotherium, Palaeomephitis, Promephitis, Spilogale
Subtaxa: Conepatus altiramus Conepatus chinga Conepatus cordubensis Conepatus humboldtii Conepatus leuconotus Conepatus mercedensis Conepatus primaevus Conepatus robustus Conepatus sanmiguelensis Conepatus semistriatus Conepatus suffocans Conepatus talarae
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Bolivia (2), Brazil (5), Mexico (1), Peru (8), United States (8: Florida, Georgia, New Mexico), Venezuela (1)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (3)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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