Buisnictis
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| Buisnictis Temporal range: Early Pliocene | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Caniformia |
| 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]
