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Skunk - Wikipedia provides comprehensive information on the Mephitidae family which genetic evidence shows are not closely related to the weasel family, Mustelidae, as previously thought.
Discover Life - Mephitidae (Skunks) - Images and descriptions of Mephitis mephitis (Striped Skunk) and Spilogale putorius (Eastern Spotted Skunk).
Family Mephitidae - Information and images of four North American species.
Skunk - Pictures of this species and some myths about them, with an explanation of the facts that lie behind the fiction.
Striped Skunk - Wikipedia provides a photograph and description of this North American mammal.
Mephitis mephitis: Striped Skunk - Several photographs and much information of this species which has the best known defense system of any mammal.
Jungletalk: Skunks - There are nine species of American skunk. Sebastian Miller provides photographs and general information about the striped skunk.
Dragoo's Skunks - Detailed information about the biology and taxonomy of the skunk family, with a section on rabies in skunks.

Pygmy Spotted Skunk - The Pygmy Spotted Skunk (Spilogale pygmaea) is a species of mammal in the Mephitidae family. It is endemic to Mexico.
Humboldt's Hog-nosed Skunk - The Humboldt's Hog-nosed Skunk or Patagonian Hog-nosed Skink (Conepatus humboldtii) is a species of mammal in the Mephitidae family. It is found in Argentina, Chile, and Paraguay.
Striped Skunk - The Striped Skunk, Mephitis mephitis, is an omnivorous mammal of the skunk family Mephitidae. Found over most of the North American continent north of Mexico, it is one of the most well-known mammals in Canada and the United States.
Hog-nosed skunk - The hog-nosed skunks are members of the family Mephitidae (skunks). They are native to the Americas.
Canine distemper - Canine distemper is a viral disease affecting animals in the families Canidae, Mustelidae, Mephitidae, Procyonidae, Pinnipedia and possibly Felidae (though not domestic cats; feline distemper or panleukopenia is a virus exclusive to cats). The origin of the word distemper is from the Middle English distemperen, meaning to upset the balance of the humors, which is from the Old French destemprer, meaning to ...