Conepatus suffocans is listed among the extinct species of the hog-nosed skunk genus Conepatus in the English Wikipedia article on the genus, beside Conepatus robustus and Conepatus sanmiguelensis. The Paleobiology Database accepts the name, credited to Illiger in 1811, as a valid species of Conepatus in the skunk family Mephitidae, counts two fossil occurrences dated from the Gelasian to the Calabrian stage, roughly 2.6 to 0.8 million years ago, and describes it as terrestrial and as a carnivore or omnivore. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility, by contrast, treats Conepatus suffocans as a synonym of Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk, so the status of the name is disputed between databases.
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Classification
System (Realm) Scientific Name Connections
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Source Paleobiology Database: Conepatus suffocans
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Source Paleobiology Database: Conepatus suffocans occurrencesOccurrence records, country codeQuote, Occurrence records, country code
"cc2": "BO"
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1. Paleobiology Database: Conepatus suffocans
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, name
"taxon_name": "Conepatus suffocans"
Ecospace record, environment
"taxon_environment": "terrestrial"
Ecospace record, diet (carnivore)
"diet": "carnivore, omnivore"
Ecospace record, diet (omnivore)
"diet": "carnivore, omnivore"
Child Taxon Of: Conepatus, Taxon record, classification, genus
"parent_name": "Conepatus"
In Group: Mustelids, Procyonids And Other Carnivorans, Taxon record, classification, order
"order": "Carnivora"
View the Source Conepatus (Wikipedia)
Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Conepatus suffocans
Global Biodiversity Information FacilitySpecies record, canonical nameQuote, Species record, canonical name
"canonicalName": "Conepatus suffocans"
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