- (raccoons and allies)[citation needed].
There are
twelve extant species of
mephitids in four genera:
Conepatus (hog-nosed skunks, four species);
Mephitis (the...
-
comprises the
skunks and
stink badgers. A
member of this
family is
called a
mephitid. The
skunks of the
family are
widespread across the Americas,
while the...
-
Palaeomephitis steinheimensis is an
extinct species of
mephitid of the
Miocene epoch in Europe. It is the
earliest known species of the
family Mephitidae...
-
Promephitis is an
extinct genus of
mephitid, of
which several species have been
described from the
Miocene and
early Pliocene of
Europe and Asia. The fossil...
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chemicals it can
spray from the
specialized anal
glands characteristic of
mephitids.
Although smaller than true badgers, the
Palawan stink badger is one of...
- the
Mellivorinae (the
honey badger); the so-called
stink badgers are
mephitids. The
American badger's
closest relative is the
prehistoric Chamitataxus...
-
Phoca (pinnipeds),
Felis (felids),
Viverra (viverrids, herpestids, and
mephitids),
Mustela (non-badger mustelids),
Ursus (ursids,
large species of mustelids...
-
allies Arctoid carnivorans Bears (ursids)
Musteloid carnivorans Red
panda Mephitids:
skunks and
stink badgers Mustelids: weasels, martens, badgers, wolverines...
-
America north of Mexico,
while its
mustelid diversity is
comparable and its
mephitid and
ursid diversities are lower. Its
procyonid diversity is
somewhat less...
- canids, and
several smaller (<15 kg (33 lb)) mustelids, canids,
felids and
mephitids. The
North American carnivorans that
invaded South America, including...
