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Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
Striped skunks are inhabitants of wooded or brushy areas and their associated farmlands. Rocky defiles and outcrops are favored refuge sites, but when these are absent the skunks seek out the burrows of armadillos, foxes, and other animals. In central Texas, favored refuge sites are under large boulders. [eng] |
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Genus Mephitis
List of the Specimens. [eng] |
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Hooded Skunk (Mephitis macroura)
These slender, "white-sided" skunks occur along stream courses where they resort to rocky ledges or tangles of streamside vegetation for safety. Occasionally they resort to burrows in the banks of washes. One captured in Brewster County, Texas, was trapped in a heavy stand of willows along the sandy banks of Tornillo Creek. It had been feeding in that vicinity in company with hog-nosed skunks. [eng] |
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Mephitis mephitis (Striped Skunk): Narrative
Striped skunks are nocturnal, sleeping during the day in underground burrows and emerging around dusk to search for food. They prefer to use existing burrows made by other animals of equal size or natural burrows under tree stumps or buildings. They use their long front claws to build their own den if necessary. [eng] |
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Mephitis
List of species. [eng] |
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Mephitis mephitis (Schreber); Striped Skunk
Physical Characteristics: The striped skunk is the larger and more common of the two skunks inhabiting the park. This short-legged, housecat-sized mammal is black with a narrow white stripe running up the middle of the forehead and a broad white area on the nape of the neck that usually divides into a V at about the shoulders. [eng] |
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Striped Skunk
Habitat: Brushy and open country. [eng] |
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Animal Tracks - Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
The striped skunk is a boldly colored nocturnal animal whose defense is a very strong smelling spray. It has glands which hold about a tablespoon of musky smelling methyl mercaptan. This is enough to allow the skunk to spray five or six times. It stamps its feet, growls, hisses, turns its back, and raises its tail straight up when it is about to spray. [eng] |
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