Mephitis (genus)

The genus Mephitis is one of several genera of skunks, which has two species and a North American distribution.

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Mephitis mephitisStriped skunksouthern Canada, the United States and northern Mexico
Mephitis macrouraHooded skunkSouthwestern United States to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northwest Costa Rica

Mephitis
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

Mephitis mephitis
Mephitis macroura

Mephitis ranges
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