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    Mephitidae is a family of mammals comprising the skunks and stink badgers. They are noted for the great development of their anal scent glands, which they...
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    the following families: Ailuridae, the red panda (and its extinct kin). Mephitidae, the skunks and stink badgers. Mustelidae, the weasel (mustelid) family...
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    Skunk (category Mephitidae)
    Skunks are mammals in the family Mephitidae. They are known for their ability to spray a liquid with a strong, unpleasant scent from their anal glands...
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    genetic evidence indicates these are actually members of the skunk family (Mephitidae). Badger mandibular condyles connect to long cavities in their skulls...
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    Argentina and Chile. It belongs to the order Carnivora and the family Mephitidae. This skunk is small and stocky, with a bare nose elongated for the purpose...
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    used as a colloquial nickname for the skunk, which is part of the family Mephitidae. Despite their common name, polecats are more closely related to dogs...
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    Stink badger (category Mephitidae)
    the species of the genus Mydaus of the skunk family of carnivorans, the Mephitidae. They resemble the better-known members of the family Mustelidae also...
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    hog-nosed skunks belong to the genus Conepatus and are members of the family Mephitidae (skunks). They are native to the Americas. They have white backs and tails...
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    Mephitidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which comprises the skunks and stink badgers. A member of this family is called a mephitid. The...
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    mustelids, but DNA research placed them in their own separate family (Mephitidae). Mongooses bear a striking resemblance to many mustelids, but belong...
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    member of the family Mustelidae that resembles a skunk (of the family Mephitidae). The name "zorilla" comes from the Spanish word "zorillo", meaning "skunk"...
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    fox-like canids. Members of the Mephitidae family are mephetids and include the skunks and stink badgers. Mephitidae comprises twelve extant species,...
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    Fossil species of the family are also found in North America. Family Mephitidae (skunks and stink badgers) was once classified as mustelids, but are now...
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    Ursidae (Bears) Mephitidae (Skunks) Procyonidae (Raccoons, coatis, olingos) Ailuridae...
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    Ursidae (Bears) Mephitidae (Skunks) Procyonidae (Raccoons, coatis, olingos) Ailuridae...
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    Ursidae (Bears) Mephitidae (Skunks) Procyonidae (Raccoons, coatis, olingos) Ailuridae...
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    Ursidae (Bears) Mephitidae (Skunks) Procyonidae (Raccoons, coatis, olingos) Ailuridae...
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    Ursidae (Bears) Mephitidae (Skunks) Procyonidae (Raccoons, coatis, olingos) Ailuridae...
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    ecology of the striped hog-nosed skunk Conepatus semistriatus (Carnivora, Mephitidae) in a seasonally dry forest of northeastern Brazil". Brill Academic Publishers...
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    Ursidae (Bears) Mephitidae (Skunks) Procyonidae (Raccoons, coatis, olingos) Ailuridae...
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    hooded skunk (Mephitis macroura) is a species of mammal in the family Mephitidae. Mephītis in Latin means "foul odor", μακρός (makrós) in Greek translates...
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    Ursidae (Bears) Mephitidae (Skunks) Procyonidae (Raccoons, coatis, olingos) Ailuridae...
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    Ursidae (Bears) Mephitidae (Skunks) Procyonidae (Raccoons, coatis, olingos) Ailuridae...
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    the Procyonidae (raccoons) and a group that further subdivides into the Mephitidae (skunks) and Mustelidae (weasels); but it is not a bear (Ursidae). Ailurids...
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  • This is a list of Nova Scotian mammals. Little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) Red bat (Lasiurus borealis) Northern long-eared...
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    Mephitidae Species Common name Distribution Status Image Conepatus leuconotus American hog-nosed skunk Found throughout central and southern Texas.  LC ...
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    Ursidae (Bears) Mephitidae (Skunks) Procyonidae (Raccoons, coatis, olingos) Ailuridae...
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    Ursidae (Bears) Mephitidae (Skunks) Procyonidae (Raccoons, coatis, olingos) Ailuridae...
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    Ursidae (Bears) Mephitidae (Skunks) Procyonidae (Raccoons, coatis, olingos) Ailuridae...
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    (Spilogale angustifrons) is a species of mammal in the skunk family, (Mephitidae). It ranges from Costa Rica to southern Mexico. At one time this skunk...
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