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] As of Wang, Whistler and Takeuchi, 2005,[6] Buisnictis was recovered as a more derived skunk, while in 2014 Wang, Carranza-Castañeda and Aranda Gómez suggested Buisnictis, specifically B. metabatos, may have been the ancestor of the crown pleistocene skunks.

[5] Mydaus Palaeomephitis Promephitis Martinogale faulli Martinogale chisoensis Martinogale alveodens Buisnictis Spilogale Brachyprotoma Mephitis Osmotherium Conepatus

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