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|image_caption= [[Striped skunk]] (''Mephitis mephitis'') |
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|taxon = Mephitis |
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|authority = [[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire]] |
|authority = [[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire]] & [[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], 1795 |
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Revision as of 08:07, 11 May 2021
Genus of carnivores
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| Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mephitidae |
| Genus: | Mephitis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier, 1795 |
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| Mephitis ranges | |
The genus Mephitis is one of several genera of skunks, which has two species and a North American distribution.
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Mephitis mephitis | Striped skunk | southern Canada, the United States and northern Mexico |
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Mephitis macroura | Hooded skunk | Southwestern United States to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northwest Costa Rica |
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