Talk:Island spotted skunk

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Spotted Skunks are very beautiful animals. many people have the image of skunks being these aggresive smelly animals and some of that may be true but it all just depends. not all skunks are aggresive and many people should realize that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.187.40.157 (talk) 23:30, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 4 January 2020

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The result of the move request was: Moved as per WP:COMMONNAME. (non-admin closure) Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:42, 22 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Channel Islands spotted skunk → Island spotted skunk – per WP:COMMONNAME. Reliable sources seem to indicate that this is the common name of this species:

US National Park Service
Institute for Wildlife Studies
Santa Cruz Island Reserve (I suppose veering on being primary source)
UCSB-Smithsonian

...and multiple academic papers. The article text uses the term "island spotted skunk" without further qualification in several places, including the infobox. 94.21.10.204 (talk) 10:24, 4 January 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. — Amakuru (talk) 19:54, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mwah, the argument is solidly referenced, but considering this skunk species also occurs on many other islands, for example in the Sea of Cortez, 'island spotted skunk' is a seriously ambiguous name. Leo Breman (talk) 20:30, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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