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Spilogale rexroadi

Mammals

Spilogale rexroadi is a skunk of the genus Spilogale, named by Hibbard in 1941 in a paper on new mammals from the Rexroad Fauna, an Upper Pliocene fauna of Kansas. The Paleobiology Database counts four fossil occurrences and dates them 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
Diet
Carnivore 1
Diet
Omnivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
No 2
Scientific Name
Spilogale rexroadi 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Spilogale, Taxa
Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Spilogale rexroadi
Additional Source Paleobiology Database: Spilogale rexroadiTaxon record, parent genus
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Found In

Kansas

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Paleobiology Database: Spilogale rexroadiPrimary reference, paper title
Quote, Primary reference, paper title
New Mammals from the Rexroad Fauna, Upper Pliocene of Kansas
Sources
1. Paleobiology Database: Spilogale rexroadi
  • Primary reference, paper title
    New Mammals from the Rexroad Fauna, Upper Pliocene of Kansas
  • Ecospace record, environment
    "taxon_environment": "terrestrial"
  • Ecospace record, diet (carnivore)
    "diet": "carnivore, omnivore"
  • Ecospace record, diet (omnivore)
    "diet": "carnivore, omnivore"
  • Child Taxon Of: Spilogale, Taxon record, parent genus
    "parent_name": "Spilogale"
  • In Group: Mustelids, Procyonids And Other Carnivorans, Taxon record, order
    "order": "Carnivora"
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2. Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database: Spilogale rexroadi
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, extant_size
Quote, Taxon record, extant_size
"extant_size": 0
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3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Spilogale rexroadi
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Species record, canonical name
    "canonicalName": "Spilogale rexroadi"
  • Child Taxon Of: Spilogale, Species record, genus
    "genus": "Spilogale"
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