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Striped Skunk

Striped Skunk
demonmoth, 8 Jan 2010
    • Arizona Docent
      That is a great photo - very cute!

      I can't believe that I do not have one single skunk photo in my entire animal photo collection. Especially since my home region of southern Arizona is one of the only places in the world where all four species of skunks naturally occur!
      10 Jan 2010
    • Maguari
      Four species? You need a few more than that, I'm afraid - Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Vol 1 (Carnivores) confirms there are four species of Hog-nosed Skunk (Conepatus) alone, plus the Hooded and Striped Skunks (Mephitis) and four species of Spotted Skunk (Spilogale). So ten in total.

      (I'm being picky about the word 'species' here - counting the four basic 'types' of skunk - hog-nosed, spotted, striped and hooded - you are of course perfectly correct! :D )
      10 Jan 2010
    • demonmoth

      thank you glad u like it
      14 Feb 2010
    • Ituri
      Love it! Taxonomic pedantry at its finest. Well played my friend.
      15 Feb 2010
    • demonmoth
      well we have all learnt something here today, kids


      :rolleyes:
      30 Mar 2010
    • Ituri
      Although striped and hooded are in the same genus so they should probably be counted as the same 'type' of skunk.
      30 Mar 2010
    • Maguari
      I wasn't applying any taxomonic bias to the skunk forms when I said 'type' - just thinking if you're wandering around Arizona and Arizona Docent tells you he's seen a skunk, you would want to know if it was striped, hooded, hog-nosed or spotted. And this of course is the basis for AD's factoid about Arizona having all the skunk 'species'. :)



      What's with the rolleyes, aren't we allowed to be educational? :D
      30 Mar 2010
    • demonmoth
      LOL sorry soem of its a bit too educational to me lol, but its nice to see it
      31 Mar 2010
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