adult western spotted skunk | can climb | |
can run at 7.2 km per hour | |
eats cottontail rabbits, field voles, Norway rats. house mice, corn, insects, plants, fruit, birds, eggs, carrion, lizards, snakes, frogs | |
has breeding season late winter | |
has colour black with 6 white stripes on the back, white tipped tail and white spots on the head | |
has range 64 hectares | |
has temperament secretive, sociable | |
has part pair of musk sacs | |
is more carnivorous than striped skunk | |
is nocturnal | |
is a kind of western spotted skunk | |
makes sound grunt and screech | |
sprays when in danger | |
western spotted skunk | does not truly hibernate | |
has distribution south-western British Columbia | |
has habitat scrubland, canyons and farmland | |
has name in French mouffette tachetée | |
has population density 5 skunks per square km of good agricultural land | |
has scientific name Spilogale gracilis | |
is eaten by domestic cats and dogs, great horned owl | |
lives in groundhog burrow, hollow log, stump, tree | |
shares den in winter with other skunks | |
weasel | has Family name Family Mustelidae | |
carnivore | has Order name Order Carnivora | |
is carnivorous or omnivorous | |
mammal | is warm-blooded | |
may catch rabies | |