Mephitis (genus)
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Genus of carnivores
Mephitis | |
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Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mephitidae |
Genus: | Mephitis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & G. Cuvier, 1795 |
Species | |
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 | |
Mephitis macroura | Hooded skunk | Southwestern United States to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northwest Costa Rica |
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