adult western spotted skunk | late winter | 5 skunks per square km of good agricultural land | striped skunk | when in danger | Order Carnivora | grunt and screech | western spotted skunk | groundhog burrow, hollow log, stump, tree | south-western British Columbia | Spilogale gracilis | | cottontail rabbits, field voles, Norway rats. house mice, corn, insects, plants, fruit, birds, eggs, carrion, lizards, snakes, frogs | | pair of musk sacs | mouffette tachetée | secretive, sociable | 64 hectares | black with 6 white stripes on the back, white tipped tail and white spots on the head | 7.2 km per hour | scrubland, canyons and farmland | in winter with other skunks | domestic cats and dogs, great horned owl | Family Mustelidae |
adult male western spotted skunk | late winter | 5 skunks per square km of good agricultural land | striped skunk | when in danger | Order Carnivora | grunt and screech | male mammal | groundhog burrow, hollow log, stump, tree | south-western British Columbia | Spilogale gracilis | 784-847 g | cottontail rabbits, field voles, Norway rats. house mice, corn, insects, plants, fruit, birds, eggs, carrion, lizards, snakes, frogs | 353-460 mm | | mouffette tachetée | secretive, sociable | 64 hectares | black with 6 white stripes on the back, white tipped tail and white spots on the head | 7.2 km per hour | scrubland, canyons and farmland | in winter with other skunks | domestic cats and dogs, great horned owl | Family Mustelidae |