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The eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) is a small, relatively slender skunk found in North America, in the central and parts of the southeastern United States and in small areas of Canada and Mexico. The eastern spotted skunk is a very small skunk, no larger than a good-sized tree squirrel.
The eastern spotted skunk, S. putorius, is a conservation concern. Management is hampered by an overall lack of information from surveying. [ 14 ] During the 1940s, Spilogale populations seemingly crashed and the species is currently listed by various state agencies as endangered, threatened, or ‘of concern’ across much of its range. [ 15 ]
Skunk is also used to refer to certain strong-smelling strains of Cannabis whose smell has been compared to that of a skunk's spray. Description Skunk species vary in size from about 15.6 to 37 in (40 to 94 cm) long and in weight from about 1.1 lb (0.50 kg) (spotted skunks) to 18 lb (8.2 kg) ( hog-nosed skunks ).
Striped skunks are the biggest kind of skunk and can weigh up to 14 pounds. Spotted skunks. Spotted skunks come in two types: western and eastern. Eastern ones can climb trees and have white spots ...
Conepatus semistriatus – striped hog-nosed skunk; Spilogale Gray, 1865: Spilogale angustifrons – southern spotted skunk; Spilogale gracilis – western spotted skunk; Spilogale putorius – eastern spotted skunk; Spilogale pygmaea – pygmy spotted skunk; Mephitis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Cuvier, 1795: Mephitis macroura – hooded skunk
Originally, the common ancestor of members in Putorius, Mustela stromeri, lived in large territories of central Eurasia, with most skulls commonly unearthed in Eastern Europe. [8] [9] The range extended into North American when a population of steppe polecat (Mustela eversmannii berengii) crossed the Bering land bridge. This subspecies evolved ...
Other examples include the Plains spotted skunk in 2023 and the desert massasauga in 2020, the release said. Across the Southwest, 58 other fish, wildlife and plant species have avoided ESA ...
The twelve species of Mephitidae are split into four genera: the monotypic Conepatus, hog-nosed skunks; Mephitis, skunks; Mydaus, stink badgers; and Spilogale, spotted skunks. Mephitidae was traditionally a clade within the Mustelidae family, with the stink badgers combined with other badgers within the Melinae genus, but more recent genetic ...