🐾Striped skunk
The striped skunk is a skunk of the genus Mephitis that occurs across much of North America, including southern Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. It is currently listed as least concern by the IUCN on account of its wide range and ability to adapt to human-modified environments.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 2.95 kg
- Body length
- 0.43 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 14 years
Everything we know about the Striped skunk
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass2.95 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3.5 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.43 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass11 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan14 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 14 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length4.75 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity355 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation63 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 63 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 5COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range2.32 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density8.15 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l3 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Striped skunk yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyMephitidae
- ›genusMephitis
- ›speciesMephitis mephitis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyMephitidae
- genusMephitis
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyMephitidae
- genusMephitis
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