#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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