Mephitis orthrostica is an extinct skunk named by Cope in 1896 and placed by the Paleobiology Database in the genus Mephitis. The database accepts it as a valid species but lists no fossil occurrence for it, so no dated range is recorded here, and its primary reference is Hay's 1902 bibliography and catalogue of the fossil vertebrates of North America. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility also lists the name as an accepted species of the family Mephitidae.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Mephitis, Taxa Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Mephitis orthrostica
Additional Source Paleobiology Database: Mephitis orthrosticaTaxon record, parent genus
Sources
1. Paleobiology Database: Mephitis orthrostica
Taxon record, extant status
"is_extant": "extinct"
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. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Mephitis orthrostica
Global Biodiversity Information FacilitySpecies record, canonical name
"canonicalName": "Mephitis orthrostica"
Child Taxon Of: Mephitis, Species record, genus
"genus": "Mephitis"
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