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Spotted skunks

LC control no.sh2004001061
LC classificationQL737.C248 Zoology
Topical headingSpotted skunks
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Variant(s)Spilogale
See alsoSkunks
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Found inITIS, Feb. 5, 2004 (Spilogale Gray, 1865 -- valid -- spotted skunks. Two species: Spilogale putorius, eastern spotted skunk, spotted skunk; Spilogale pygmaea, pygmy spotted skunk)
North American mammals, via Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History WWW site, Feb. 5, 2004 (Spilogale gracilis, Western spotted skunk; Spilogale putorius, Eastern spotted skunk. Eastern and western spotted skunks were for years thought to be one and the same species, but they differ in an important detail of the reproductive process.)
Walker's mammals of the world, via WWW, Feb. 5, 2004 (Genus Spilogale: Spotted Skunks)
Revised checklist of North American mammals north of Mexico, 2003, via WWW (PDF), Feb. 4, 2004: p. 15 (two species of Spilogale listed: Spilogale gracilis, western spotted skunk; Spilogale putorius, eastern spotted skunk)
Mammal species of the world, c1993, via WWW, Feb. 5, 2004 (Spilogale. Subfamily Mephitinae, Family Mustelidae. Two species: Spilogale putorius, eastern spotted skunk; Spilogale pygmaea, pygmy spotted skunk)