Mephitis (genus)
The genus Mephitis is one of several genera of skunks, which has two species and a North American distribution.
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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.jpg) | Mephitis mephitis | Striped skunk | southern Canada, the United States and northern Mexico |
.jpg) | Mephitis macroura | Hooded skunk | Southwestern United States to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northwest Costa Rica |
Extant species of family Mephitidae | |
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| Conepatus |
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| Mydaus | |
| Mephitis | |
| Spilogale | |
Category | |
| Taxon identifiers |
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| Mephitis | |
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| Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mephitidae |
| Genus: | Mephitis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Cuvier, 1795 |
| Species | |
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Mephitis mephitis | |
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| Mephitis ranges | |
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