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Mephitidae
Bonaparte, 1845
(mammal)
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Musteloidea (Parvorder)
..Ailuridae (Family)
..Mustelidae (Family) - weasels, badgers, skunks, and otters
..Procyonidae (Family) - raccoons and relatives
..Mephitidae (Family)
....†Brachyopsigale (Genus)
....†Brachyprotoma (Genus)
....†Buisnictis (Genus)
....Conepatus (Genus) - hog-nosed skunks
....†Martinogale (Genus)
....Mephitis (Genus) - striped skunk and hooded skunk
....†Mesomephitis (Genus)
....†Miomephitis (Genus)
....Mydaus (Genus) - stink badgers
....†Nannomephitis (Genus)
....†Osmotherium (Genus)
....†Plesiomeles (Genus)
....†Pliogale (Genus)
....†Promephitis (Genus)
....Spilogale (Genus) - spotted skunks
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
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(Phylum)
Chordata
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(Class)
Mammalia
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(Order)
Carnivora
Current position
Musteloidea
(Parvorder)
Kretzoi, 1929
Ref:
C.J. Burgin et al., 2020
: table 2 (p. 27); Upham et al., 2019: Data S3.
Alternative positions
Caniformia
(Suborder)
Kretzoi, 1943
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011
: 59.
Mustelida
(Parvorder)
Tedford, 1976
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 608; Flynn et al., 2005: fig. 5.
[indirect]
Historical positions
Musteloidea
(Parvorder)
Kretzoi, 1929
Ref:
C.J. Burgin et al., 2020
: table 2 (p. 27).
Caniformia
(Suborder)
Kretzoi, 1943
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011
: 59.
Caniformia
(Suborder)
Kretzoi, 1943
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 620.
Number of Subtaxa
2025
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
4g;12s;56ss; ‡1ss; †11g
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
: 11 Dec 2014
[4g;12s;56ss; †11g]
2011
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder
: 59
4g;12s
2005
W.C. Wozencraft
: 624
[4g;12s;56ss; ‡1ss]
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Last updated:
21 Sep 2025