Conepatus Gray 1837 (hog-nosed skunk)
Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Mustelidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 41104
Synonym: Thiosmus Lichtenstein 1838 (taxon 206175)
Parent taxon: Mephitinae according to J. A. Allen 1901
Sister taxa: Brachyopsigale, Brachyprotoma, Buisnictis, Martinogale, Osmotherium, Pliogale
Subtaxa: Conepatus humboldtii, Conepatus leuconotus, Conepatus robustus, Conepatus sanmiguelensis, Conepatus semistriatus, Conepatus suffocans
Ecology: scansorial insectivore