Mephitis rexroadensis is a skunk of the genus Mephitis, named by Hibbard in 1952 in a paper titled A Contribution to the Rexroad Fauna. The Paleobiology Database counts one fossil occurrence and dates it from the Zanclean to the Calabrian stage, roughly 4.7 to 1.4 million years ago. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility also lists the name as an accepted species of the family Mephitidae. Neither record states whether any population survives, so whether it is living or extinct is left open here.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Connections
Child Taxon Of
Mephitis, Taxa Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Mephitis rexroadensis
Additional Source Paleobiology Database: Mephitis rexroadensisTaxon record, parent genus
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database: occurrences of Mephitis rexroadensisOccurrence record, countryQuote, Occurrence record, country
"cc": "US"
Sources
1. Paleobiology Database: Mephitis rexroadensis
Ecospace record, environment
"taxon_environment": "terrestrial"
Ecospace record, diet (carnivore)
"diet": "carnivore, omnivore"
Ecospace record, diet (omnivore)
"diet": "carnivore, omnivore"
Child Taxon Of: Mephitis, Taxon record, parent genus
"parent_name": "Mephitis"
In Group: Mustelids, Procyonids And Other Carnivorans, Taxon record, order
"order": "Carnivora"
View the Source2. Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database: Mephitis rexroadensis
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, extant_sizeQuote, Taxon record, extant_size
"extant_size": 0
3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Mephitis rexroadensis
Global Biodiversity Information FacilitySpecies record, canonical name
"canonicalName": "Mephitis rexroadensis"
Child Taxon Of: Mephitis, Species record, genus
"genus": "Mephitis"
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