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RUIZ RAMONI DamiÁn
artículos
Título:
Record of skunk, Conepatus (Carnivora: Mephitidae) for Pleistocene- Holocene of northern South America
Autor/es:
RUIZ-RAMONI, DAMIÁN; SOLORZANO ANDRES; RINCÓN, ASCANIO
Revista:
CARIBBEAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
Editorial:
UNIV PUERTO RICO
Referencias:
Lugar: Mayaguez; Año: 2014 vol. 48 p. 117 - 126
ISSN:
0008-6452
Resumen:
Conepatus, represented by five extant species is widely distributed in the Americas today rangingfrom the southern United States to southern Argentina and Chile. Despite this broad distribution, the genus is poorlyrepresented in the fossil record of northern South America. In this article, we report two new Pleistocene-Holocenespecimens of Conepatus (IVIC-P-2754 and ORS-20 262) from Venezuela Guacharo Cave and El Breal de Orocual inMonagas State. IVIC-P-2754 is represented by cranial and post-cranial material of C. semistriatus and ORS-20 262 isa fragment of mandible that can only be identified as cf. Conepatus. Conepatus has probably been present in easternVenezuela since the Pleistocene, so although its discovery was expected, its presence in a cave deposit is unusual.