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Latest revision as of 19:52, 7 July 2024
Genus of carnivores
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Hooded skunk (M. macroura) and striped skunk (M. mephitis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mephitidae |
Genus: | Mephitis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & G. Cuvier, 1795 |
Type species | |
Viverra mephitis Schreber, 1776
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Species | |
Mephitis ranges |
Mephitis is one of several genera of skunks and comprises two species, both of which are found in North America.
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Mephitis mephitis | Striped skunk | Southern Canada, the United States and northern Mexico | |
Mephitis macroura | Hooded skunk | Southwestern United States to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northwest Costa Rica |
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