After McKenna & Bell, 1997, Wang & Qiu, 2004, and Wang, Whistler & Takeuchi, 2005, with recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Mephitinae Bonaparte, 1845 non Gill, 1872 [Mephitidae] (skunks; haisunäädät) |?- †Mesomephitis Petter, 1967 |?- †Miomephitis |?- †Nannomephitis Kretzoi, 1952 |?- †Plesiomeles |--+-- †Palaeomephitis steinheimensis Jäger, 1839 [incl.? Trochotherium cyamoides sensu Wolsan] | |--o †Promephitis Gaudry, 1861 | | |?- †P. larteti Gaudry, 1861 | | |?- †P. malustenensis Simionescu, 1930 [P. rumanus] | | |-- †P. parvus Wang & Qiu, 2004 | | |-- †P. pristinidens Petter, 1963 | | `--+--+-- †P. minutus (Schlosser, 1924) [†Trochictis minutus Schlosser, 1924; †Promephitis alexjewi Schlosser, 1924; Teilhard de Chardin, 1945] | | | `-- †P. majori Pilgrim, 1933a | | `--+-- †P. qinensis Wang & Qiu, 2004 | | `--+--+-- †P. hootoni Senyürek, 1954 [Europe & W. Asia] | | | `--+-- †P. maeotica Alexejew, 1916 | | | `-- †P. brevirostris Meladze, 1967 | | `--+-- †P. hootoni Senyürek, 1954 [E. Asia] | | `--+-- †P. alexjewi Schlosser, 1924 [†Trochictis minutus Schlosser, 1924] | | `--+-- †P. “alexjewi” [Yushe basin] [Teilhard de Chardin, 1945] | | `-- †P. maxima He & Huang, 1991 | `--o Mydaus (stink badgers; haisumäyrät) | |-- (Mydaus) javanensis (haisumäyrä) | `-- (Suillotaxus) marchei (löyhkämäyrä) `--o Mephitini Bonaparte, 1845 sensu Wang, Whistler & Takeuchi, 2005 |?- †Brachyopsigale Hibbard, 1954 |?- †Pliogale furlongi (Merriam, 1911) Hall, 1930 |?- †‘Pliogale’ manka Green, 1956 |-- †Martinogale faulli Wang, Whistler & Takeuchi, 2005 `--+-- †Martinogale chisoensis (Stevens & Stevens, 2003) [‘Buisnictis’ chisoensis Stevens & Stevens, 2003] `--+-- †Martinogale alveodens Hall, 1930 `--+-- †Buisnictis breviramus (Hibbard, 1941) Hibbard, 1950 [Brachyprotoma breviramus Hibbard, 1941] `--+--o Spilogale (Spotted skunks; täpläskunkit) | |-- S. pygmaea (kääpiötäpläskunkki) | `--o S. putorius (täpläskunkki) | |-- S. p. putorius (idäntäpläskunkki) | |-- S. p. angustifrons (eteläntäpläskunkki) | `-- S. p. gracilis (lännentäpläskunkki) `--+--o Conepatus Gray, 1837 (hog-nosed skunks; kärsäskunkit) | |--o C. mesoleucus (kärsäskunkki) | | |-- C. m. mesoleucus | | `-- C. m. telmalestes | |-- C. leuconotus (valkoselkäskunkki, porsasskunkki) | |-- C. semistriatus (amazonasinskunkki) | |--o C. chinga (chinga) | | |-- C. c. chinga | | `-- C. c. rex | `--o C. humboldtii (patagonianskunkki) | |-- C. h. humboldtii (patagonianskunkki) | `-- C. h. castaneus [?C. h. castereus] (etelänskunkki) `--+-- †Brachyprotoma obtusata (Cope, 1899) Brown, 1908 `--+-- †Osmotherium spelaeum Cope, 1896 [Pelycictis] `--o Mephitis Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier, 1895 (Striped and hooded skunks; juovaskunkit) |-- M. mephitis (haisunäätä, skunkki, juovaskunkki) `-- M. macroura (huppuskunkki)
Reference(s):
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