Conepatus robustus Temporal range: Late Pleistocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mephitidae |
Genus: | Conepatus |
Species: | †C. robustus |
Binomial name | |
†Conepatus robustus (Martin, 1978) |
Conepatus robustus, the Florida hog-nosed skunk, is an extinct species of skunk known from the Sangamonian of Florida.
The Florida hog-nosed skunk was larger than any living species of hog-nosed skunk, and would have been the largest living skunk at the time it existed.
References
- "Conepatus robustus". Fossilworks.
- Martin, Robert A. (1978). "A New Late Pleistocene Conepatus and Associated Vertebrate Fauna from Florida". Journal of Paleontology. 52 (5): 1079–1085. JSTOR 1303853.
- Graham, Russell W. (2003). Ice Age Cave Faunas of North America. Indiana University Press. p. 240. ISBN 9780253342683.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Conepatus robustus |