Buisnictis Temporal range: Early Pliocene
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mephitidae |
Genus: | †
Buisnictis C. W. Hibbard 1950 |
Type species | |
Buisnictis breviramus C. W. Hibbard 1941
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Buisnictis is an extinct genus of skunk from Pliocene North America, [1] ranging all the way from Washington to Baja California. There are currently four accepted species: Buisnictis breviramus, Buisnictis schoffi, Buisnictis burrowsi and Buisnictis metabatos. [2] [3] [4] [5]
As of Wang, Whistler and Takeuchi, 2005, [6] 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. [5]
Buisnictis Temporal range: Early Pliocene
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mephitidae |
Genus: | †
Buisnictis C. W. Hibbard 1950 |
Type species | |
Buisnictis breviramus C. W. Hibbard 1941
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Other Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Buisnictis is an extinct genus of skunk from Pliocene North America, [1] ranging all the way from Washington to Baja California. There are currently four accepted species: Buisnictis breviramus, Buisnictis schoffi, Buisnictis burrowsi and Buisnictis metabatos. [2] [3] [4] [5]
As of Wang, Whistler and Takeuchi, 2005, [6] 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. [5]