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The earliest fossil finds attributable to Mephitis were found in the Broadwater site in Nebraska, dating back to the early Pleistocene less than 1.8 million years ago. By the late Pleistocene (70,000–14,500 years ago), the striped skunk was widely distributed throughout the southern United States, and it expanded northwards and westwards by the Holocene (10,000–4,500 years ago) following ...
A tame striped skunk. Mephitis mephitis, the striped skunk, is the most social skunk and the one most commonly kept as a pet. In the US, skunks can legally be kept as pets in 17 states. [41] When a skunk is kept as a pet, its scent glands are often surgically removed. [41] A pet albino skunk on a walk
Striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis). Mephitidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which comprises the skunks and stink badgers.A member of this family is called a mephitid.
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Striped polecat, I. striatus, (native to Central, Southern, and sub-Saharan Africa) Saharan striped polecat, I. libycus (Sahara) Genus Vormela. Marbled polecat, V. peregusna (Southeastern Europe to western China) Subfamily Mustelinae. Genus Mustela. Steppe polecat, M. eversmannii (Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia)
Similarly, the stink badgers had been classified with badgers, but genetic evidence shows they share a more recent common ancestor with skunks, so they are now included in the skunk family. A 2017 study using retroposon markers indicated that they are most closely related to the Ailuridae ( red pandas and allies) and Procyonidae ( raccoons and ...
But who can resist a skunk only 10 feet in front of your office door?! Just a warning to any visitors this week - the Cokeville Meadows office might stink a bit for the next few days. Credit: K. Theule/ USFWS: Date: 16 September 2015, 10:30: Source: Striped skunk, close: Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie
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