Martinogale is an extinct genus of skunk from the Late Miocene of central North America.

[1] There exist three accepted species, M. alveodens, M.chisoensis and M. faulli, which may have overlapped in range but occupied somewhat distinct moments of the Late Miocene.

In regards to skull morphology, it is smoother and narrower than in living skunks, with a large, flask-shaped basicranial bulla.

[1][3] This species was described in 1930 as a small mustelid from a fragmentary lower jaw found in the Edson Quarry, from late Hemphillian Kansas.

[4] The species name, alveodens, hails from Latin alveus, “a hollow, cavity or channel" and dens, "tooth" The largest species, M. chisoensis hails from the early Hemphillian Crew Bean Local, it was described in 2003 based on a rather complete skull.

[3] The species name, chisoensis, comes from Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park, Texas, and ensis, Latin for “from”.

The oldest and smallest of the species, M. faulli was described in 2005 from a partial skull found in the Late Clarendonian Dove Spring Formation, from Kern County, California.

[3] M. faulli has a smoother skull than M. chisoensis and relatively smaller teeth, with a better defined basicranial bulla.

[3] The species name faulli is in honor of Mark Faull, a former ranger at Red Rock Canyon State Park.

nambiana should not be considered a part of Martinogale; that the specimen can't be ascribed to a concrete genus.

[3] When compared to modern genera, both extant: Spilogale, Mephitis and Conepatus, as well as extinct: Brachyprotoma and Osmotherium, Martinogale presents reasonable differences in the premolar structure, thin postorbital skull, slightly expanded mastoid process and the general structure of the basicranial bulla.