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  2. Skunk - Wikipedia

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    In settled areas, skunks also seek garbage left by humans. Less often, skunks may be found acting as scavengers, eating bird and rodent carcasses left by cats or other animals. Pet owners, particularly those of cats, may experience a skunk finding its way into a garage or basement where pet food is kept.

  3. California neighborhoods overrun with skunks looking for love

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    Simply put, skunks across Northern California are looking for love in all the wrong places. FOX40 followed along with one trapper, who showed us just how tricky it can be to get rid of the stinky ...

  4. List of mephitids - Wikipedia

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    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. The skunks of the family are widespread across the Americas, while the stink badgers are in the Greater Sunda Islands of southeast Asia. Species inhabit a ...

  5. Striped skunk - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. List of least concern mammals - Wikipedia

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    4.8 Skunks. 4.9 Mongooses. ... Friendly leaf-eared mouse; Andean leaf-eared mouse; ... California kangaroo rat; Gulf Coast kangaroo rat; Desert kangaroo rat;

  7. Seeing more skunks and coyotes in the Greater ... - AOL

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    If you’re noticing more coyotes, skunks or other animals in your yard, removing food sources such as outdoor cat and dog food, bird seed, and garbage can help.

  8. Mephitidae - Wikipedia

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    Mephitidae is a family of mammals comprising the skunks and stink badgers. They are noted for the great development of their anal scent glands, which they use to deter predators. Skunks were formerly classified as a subfamily of the Mustelidae (the weasel family); however, in the 1990s, genetic evidence caused skunks to be treated as a separate ...

  9. These California cities are among the top dog-friendly ... - AOL

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    The Central Coast city has nearly 29 dog-friendly restaurants and around 19 dog-friendly commodations per 100,000 residents, plus 57 trails that are open to canine companions.