Conepatus talarae Churcher & van Zyll de Jong, 1965
Talar skunk
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Peru
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Churcher, C. S. and van Zyll de Jong, C. G. (1965). Conepatus talarae n. sp. from the Talara tar-seeps, Peru. Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions 62: 1-15.
Other references:
Seymour, Kevin L. (2015). Perusing Talara: Overview of the Late Pleistocene Fossils from the Tar Seeps of Peru, pp. 97-109. In: Harris, John M. (ed.). La Brea and Beyond: The Paleontology of Asphalt-Preserved Biotas. Los Angeles, California: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series No. 42. 174 pp.