#polecat__skunk__wood_pussy  American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
  supertype:  musteline_mammal__mustelinemammal__musteline  fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
  subtype:  striped_skunk__stripedskunk__Mephitis_mephitis  most common and widespread North American skunk
  subtype:  hooded_skunk__Mephitis_macroura  of Mexico and southernmost parts of southwestern United States
  subtype:  hog-nosed_skunk__hognosedskunk__hognosed_skunk__badger_skunk__rooter_skunk__Conepatus_leuconotus  large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico
  subtype:  little_spotted_skunk__spotted_skunk__spottedskunk__Spilogale_putorius  small skunk with a marbled black and white coat; of United States and Mexico

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