adult striped skunk | | late February and early March | 4 hectares | | | great horned owl, bobcat, coyote, fisher | | | the fall to prepare for hibernation | pair of musk sacs | most of southern Canada | when in danger | 14.5 km an hour | fruit, small mammals, insects, grasses. leaves and buds, carrion, grains and nuts, eggs, baby birds, crayfish, minnows, mollusks, frogs, lizards and snakes | | mouffette rayée | burrow of groundhog or cottontail rabbit | up to 12 other skunks in a den mostly females with young | | black with white stripes down the back and tail | dried grasses and leaves | placid and sluggish | striped skunk | hisses, growls, squeals, soft cooings | from December to March | agricultural land, forest, along river valleys | in the spring and fall | Mephitis mephitis | 5.2 per square km of agricultural land | Order Carnivora | | | Family Mustelidae |
adult female striped skunk | 0.95-2.10 kg | late February and early March | 4 hectares | 62 days | 512-593 mm | great horned owl, bobcat, coyote, fisher | male skunks after mating | babies | the fall to prepare for hibernation | | most of southern Canada | when in danger | 14.5 km an hour | fruit, small mammals, insects, grasses. leaves and buds, carrion, grains and nuts, eggs, baby birds, crayfish, minnows, mollusks, frogs, lizards and snakes | May | mouffette rayée | burrow of groundhog or cottontail rabbit | up to 12 other skunks in a den mostly females with young | | black with white stripes down the back and tail | dried grasses and leaves | placid and sluggish | female mammal | hisses, growls, squeals, soft cooings | from December to March | agricultural land, forest, along river valleys | in the spring and fall | Mephitis mephitis | 5.2 per square km of agricultural land | Order Carnivora | live babies | 10-30% her weight during hibernation | Family Mustelidae |