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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 ...
Skunks Striped skunks Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Superfamily: Musteloidea Family: Mephitidae Groups included Conepatus Mephitis Spilogale † Brachyprotoma Skunk genera ranges Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa Mydaus † Palaeomephitis † Promephitis Skunks are mammals in the family ...
Jim Henson's Animal Show is an American children's television series from the Jim Henson Company that aired from October 3, 1994, to June 28, 1998. The show premiered as part of The Fox Cubhouse for its first two seasons. The show later moved to Animal Planet with its third season released as early as February 18, 1998.
Stink badgers were traditionally thought to be related to Eurasian badgers in the subfamily Melinae of the weasel family of carnivorans (the Mustelidae), but recent DNA analysis indicates they share a more recent common ancestor with skunks, so experts have now placed them in the skunk family [4] [5] (the Mephitidae, which is the sister group ...
Some animals with strong body odor are rarely attacked by most predators, although they can still be killed and eaten by birds of prey, which are tolerant of carrion odors. [citation needed] Body odor is an important feature of animal physiology. It plays a different role in different animal species.
Pentatomidae is a family of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, generally called shield bugs or stink bugs. Pentatomidae is the largest family in the superfamily Pentatomoidea , and contains around 900 genera and over 4700 species.
Stink bugs are attracted to lights. Stink bugs are attracted to native Washington trees, weeds, shrubs and vines. Stink bugs are also attracted to other stink bugs through pheromones. If a stink ...
Although smaller than true badgers, the Palawan stink badger is one of the larger members of the skunk family, the Mephitidae. Adults measure 32 to 46 cm (13 to 18 in) in length, about the same size as the striped skunk native to North America, and weigh anything from 0.85 to 2.5 kg (1.9 to 5.5 lb).