Order

Family

Species

Carnivora

Mephitidae

Conepatus (Hog-nosed Skunks)

Mephitis Mephitis macroura (Hooded Skunk)

Mephitis mephitis (Striped Skunk)

Mydaus (Stink Badgers) Spilogale (Spotted Skunks)

Mephitis mephitis

Striped skunks are easily recognized by their unique colours and pattern. Their fur is black with a white stripe that begins as a triangular shape on the top of the head and splits into two stripes that travel down the sides of the back. These two stripes come together again near the base of the tail. They also have a white stripe running from their nose between their eyes and ending on their forehead. Some cross breeding between species is the cause for the varied colors and pattern markings on our petskunks.

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