[1] Chamitataxus lived during the Late Miocene, around 6 million years ago in what is now North America.

Out of the three taxideine badger genera to have existed on the continent, Chamitataxus is the most primitive.

Very few taxideine badger remains have been uncovered to date, with only prehistoric Taxidea and Pliotaxidea specimens being discovered prior to the Chamitataxus holotype being found.

Due to the relative lack of Chamitataxus specimens, much of the research into the genus is based upon research into better-represented taxa related to Chamitataxus, such as Taxidea, the modern American badger, which also existed in the Late Miocene.

However, because so little of Chamitataxus has been found, estimating its size and other features is impossible; much is unknown about the genus.