Definition of Spilogale

1. Noun. A genus of Mustelidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Spilogale
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Mustelidae, Mustelidae
Member holonyms: Little Spotted Skunk, Spilogale Putorius, Spotted Skunk

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spilogale

Spiegler-Fendt sarcoid
Spielberg
Spielbergian
Spielmeyer
Spielmeyer-Sjogren disease
Spielmeyer-Stock disease
Spielmeyer-Vogt disease
Spiers
Spiffy
Spigelius
Spigelius' line
Spigelius' lobe
Spike
Spike Lee
Spillane
Spilogale (current term)
Spilogale putorius
Spinacia
Spinacia oleracea
Spinelli operation
Spinone Italiano
Spinoni Italiani
Spinosism
Spinoza
Spinozan
Spinozism
Spinozist
Spinozistic
Spinozists
Spinus

Literary usage of Spilogale

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"Range probably not continuous. t*Spilogale ... Greater portion of California, excepting extreme ^ northern part and southeastern desert regions. t*Spilogale ..."

2. The Mammals of Illinois and Wisconsin by Charles Barney Cory (1912)
"Spilogale interrupta (RAFINESQUE). (Annals of Nature, I, 1820, p. 3. ... Spilogale indianola MERRIAM. (N. Amer. Fauna, No. 4, 1890, p. 10. ..."

3. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"... dentition heavy; palate ending in an open curve; coloration normal. L. 28. T. 10. F. 8f. NW and E. to Minn. 599. Spilogale Gray. (SPOTTED SKUNKS. ..."

4. Zoe: A Biological Journal by Townshend Stith Brandegee, Katharine Layne Brandegee (1908)
"Spilogale GRACILIS Merr. Merriam, ibid, p. 83. Grand Canon of the Colorado, Arizona. 174. Spilogale INTERRUPTA (Raf.) Revived by Merriam, ibid, No. 4, p. 8. ..."

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