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
      |?- †‘Pliogalemanka Green, 1956
      |-- †Martinogale faulli Wang, Whistler & Takeuchi, 2005
      `--+-- †Martinogale chisoensis (Stevens & Stevens, 2003) [‘Buisnictischisoensis 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)

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