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Buisnictis
''Buisnictis'' is an extinct genus of skunk Skunks are mammals in the family Mephitidae. They are known for their ability to spray a liquid with a strong, unpleasant scent from their anal glands. Different species of skunk vary in appearance from black-and-white to brown, cream or ginge ... from Pliocene North America, ranging all the way from Washington to Baja California. There are currently four accepted species: ''Buisnictis breviramus'', ''Buisnictis schoffi'', ''Buisnictis burrowsi'' and ''Buisnictis metabatos''. Phylogeny As of Wang, Whistler and Takeuchi, 2005, ''Buisnictis'' was recovered as a more derived skunk, while in 2014 Wang, Carranza-Castañeda and Aranda Gómez suggested ''Buisnictis'', specifically ''B. metabatos'', may have been the ancestor of the crown pleistocene skunks. References {{paleo-carnivora-stub Skunks Prehistoric caniforms Extinct animals of the United States Fossil taxa described in 1950 Prehistoric carnivoran genera< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buisnictis
''Buisnictis'' is an extinct genus of skunk Skunks are mammals in the family Mephitidae. They are known for their ability to spray a liquid with a strong, unpleasant scent from their anal glands. Different species of skunk vary in appearance from black-and-white to brown, cream or ginge ... from Pliocene North America, ranging all the way from Washington to Baja California. There are currently four accepted species: ''Buisnictis breviramus'', ''Buisnictis schoffi'', ''Buisnictis burrowsi'' and ''Buisnictis metabatos''. Phylogeny As of Wang, Whistler and Takeuchi, 2005, ''Buisnictis'' was recovered as a more derived skunk, while in 2014 Wang, Carranza-Castañeda and Aranda Gómez suggested ''Buisnictis'', specifically ''B. metabatos'', may have been the ancestor of the crown pleistocene skunks. References {{paleo-carnivora-stub Skunks Prehistoric caniforms Extinct animals of the United States Fossil taxa described in 1950 Prehistoric carnivoran genera< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martinogale
''Martinogale'' is an extinct genus of skunk from the Late Miocene of central North America. There exist three accepted species, ''M.'' ''alveodens'', ''M.chisoensis'' and ''M.'' ''faulli'', which may have overlapped in range but occupied somewhat distinct moments of the Late Miocene. As well as the dubious ''Martinogale? nambiana''. Description and species ''Martinogale'', as happens with most fossil skunks, has been solely described off of fragmentary craneal remains. The genus is mainly characterized by its jaws: in the upper jaw there's an absent upper Molar^2, and greatly enlarged but thin upper Premolar^4 and Molar^1; while the lower jaw has a small and forward P^2, the absence of a lingual or labial cingulum around the P^4 and a well developed M^1; neither jaw has a present Premolar^1. In regards to skull morphology, it is smoother and narrower than in living skunks, with a large, flask-shaped basicranial bulla. ''Martinogale alveodens'' This species was described i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osmotherium
''Osmotherium'' is an extinct genus of skunk from Pleistocene North America. it contains a single species, ''Osmotherium spelaeum''. The genus name, ''Osmotherium'', hails from Aincient Greek, ''osmḗ'', "smell"; and ''therium'', "beast"; meaning smelly beast. The species name, ''spelaeum'', Latin for "cave", in reference to the sole locality which its remains have been found in, Port Kennedy Bone Cave. While fragmentary, ''Osmotherium spelaeum'''s jaws are the most prominent of any other Mephitid in the locality, with Cope himself describing 6 different specimens, although attributing some to '' Mephitis'', ''Brachyprotoma'' and the now defunct ''Pelycictis.''Hall, E. R. (1936). ''Mustelid Mammals from the Pleistocene of North America: With Systematic Notes on Some Recent Members of the Gerera Mustela, Taxidea and Mephitis''.Daeschler, E., Spamer, E. E., & Parris, D. C. (1993)Review and new data on the Port Kennedy local fauna and flora (Late Irvingtonian), Valley Forge Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extinct Animals Of The United States
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point. Because a species' potential range may be very large, determining this moment is difficult, and is usually done retrospectively. This difficulty leads to phenomena such as Lazarus taxa, where a species presumed extinct abruptly "reappears" (typically in the fossil record) after a period of apparent absence. More than 99% of all species that ever lived on Earth, amounting to over five billion species, are estimated to have died out. It is estimated that there are currently around 8.7 million species of eukaryote globally, and possibly many times more if microorganisms, like bacteria, are included. Notable extinct animal species include non-avian dinosaurs, saber-toothed cats, dodos, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prehistoric Caniforms
Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of symbols, marks, and images appears very early among humans, but the earliest known writing systems appeared 5000 years ago. It took thousands of years for writing systems to be widely adopted, with writing spreading to almost all cultures by the 19th century. The end of prehistory therefore came at very different times in different places, and the term is less often used in discussing societies where prehistory ended relatively recently. In the early Bronze Age, Sumer in Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley Civilisation, and ancient Egypt were the first civilizations to develop their own scripts and to keep historical records, with their neighbors following. Most other civilizations reached the end of prehistory during the following Iron Age. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skunks
Skunks are mammals in the family Mephitidae. They are known for their ability to spray a liquid with a strong, unpleasant scent from their anal glands. Different species of skunk vary in appearance from black-and-white to brown, cream or ginger colored, but all have warning coloration. While related to polecats and other members of the weasel family, skunks have as their closest relatives the Old World stink badgers. Taxonomy In alphabetical order, the living species of skunks are: * Family Mephitidae ** Genus: ''Conepatus'' *** ''Conepatus chinga'' – Molina's hog-nosed skunk *** ''Conepatus humboldtii'' – Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk *** ''Conepatus leuconotus'' – American hog-nosed skunk *** ''Conepatus semistriatus'' – striped hog-nosed skunk ** Genus: '' Mephitis'' *** ''Mephitis macroura'' – hooded skunk *** ''Mephitis mephitis'' – striped skunk ** Genus: ''Spilogale'' *** ''Spilogale angustifrons'' – southern spotted sk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mephitidae
Mephitidae is a family of mammals comprising the skunks and stink badgers. They are noted for the great development of their anal scent glands, which they use to deter predators. Skunks were formerly classified as a subfamily of the Mustelidae (the weasel family); however, recent genetic evidence has caused skunks to be treated as a separate family. Similarly, the stink badgers had been classified with badgers, but genetic evidence shows they share a more recent common ancestor with skunks, so they are now included in the skunk family. A 2017 study using retroposon markers indicated that they are most closely related to the Ailuridae (red pandas and allies) and Procyonidae (raccoons and allies). There are twelve extant species of mephitids in four genera: ''Conepatus'' (hog-nosed skunks, four species); '' Mephitis'' (the hooded and striped skunks, two species); ''Mydaus'' (stink badgers, two species); and ''Spilogale'' (spotted skunks, four species). The two stink badgers in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conepatus
The hog-nosed skunks belong to the genus ''Conepatus'' and are members of the family Mephitidae (skunks). They are native to the Americas. They have white backs and tails and black underparts. Species Extinct species †''Conepatus robustus'' †''Conepatus sanmiguelensis'' †''Conepatus suffocans'' Recent work has concluded that the western hog-nosed skunk or common hog-nosed skunk (formerly ''Conepatus mesoleucus'') is the same species as the American hog-nosed skunk, and that ''Conepatus leuconotus'' is the correct name of the merged populations. Description The individual hog-nosed skunk species vary in size, but among them is included the largest of all skunks. All are characterized by comparatively short hair, especially on the tail, and this appendage lacks the plumelike appearance observed in other skunks. The nose is prolonged into a distinct "snout", naked on the top and sides and evidently used for rooting in the earth after the manner of a pig as their name imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mephitis (genus)
The genus ''Mephitis'' is one of several genera of skunks, which has two species and a North American North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Ca ... distribution. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mephitis (Genus) Skunks Mammal genera Taxa named by Georges Cuvier Taxa named by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire eo:Mefito ru:Скунс ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brachyprotoma
''Brachyprotoma obtusata'' (also known as the short-faced skunk) is an extinct genus of skunk of the Pleistocene epoch what is now North America. References Skunks Prehistoric caniforms Fauna of Canada Extinct animals of the United States Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope Taxa named by Barnum Brown Fossil taxa described in 1908 Prehistoric carnivoran genera {{paleo-carnivora-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spilogale
The genus ''Spilogale'' includes all skunks commonly known as spotted skunks. Currently, there are four accepted extant species: ''S. gracilis'', ''S. putorius'', ''S. pygmaea'', and ''S. angustifrons''. New research, however, proposes that there may be up to seven. Extant species In the past, anywhere between two and fourteen species of ''Spilogale'' have been recognized, but today most authorities accept a four species model (seen below). A 2021 DNA analysis of 203 specimens from across their known range suggests that there may be as many as seven distinct species in the genus, some cryptic. Description Mammalogists consider ''S. gracilis'' and ''S. putorius'' different species because of differences in reproductive patterns, reproductive morphology, and chromosomal variation. However, interbreeding has never been disproved. The name ''Spilogale'' comes from the Greek word ''spilo'', which means "spotted", and gale, which means "weasel". ''Putorius'' is the Latin word for " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Early Pliocene
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