Striped Skunk
Mephitis mephitis
Habitat
Ground
Diet
VertFishScav
Active Time
Nocturnal
Size
2.1 kg
LCMammaliaCarnivoraMephitidae
Seasonal Activity
31,148 sightings · 2000–2026
Citizen science records via GBIF
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Mephitidae
Traits
- Diet
- VertFishScav
- Foraging
- Ground
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Body mass
- 2.1 kg
Photo
(c) Joe Miller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joe Miller
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Occurrence data from GBIF.