Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae

Parent taxon: Mephitidae according to X. Wang and O. Carranza-Castaneda 2008

See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Wang et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Brachyprotoma, Buisnictis, Conepatus, Martinogale, Mephitinae, Mephitis, Miomephitis, Mydaus, Palaeomephitis, Promephitis, Spilogale

Subtaxa: Osmotherium spelaeum

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Type: Osmotherium spelaeum

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Port Kennedy Cave (Quaternary of Pennsylvania)

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