- CHARACTERISTICS
- Their principal feature is the strong and fetid smell secreted by their anal glands. This smell is emitted when the skunk feels threatened.
- DIET
- They are omnivores and therefore can feed from insects, eggs, fruit, small mammals, birds and honey.
- REPRODUCTION
- Female skunks have a gestation period of 55 days and give birth to between 1 and 10 offspring. These feed on maternal milk for approximately 10 weeks.
- CURIOSITIES
- The white on black colour indicates to predators that it has some type of defence, in this case a fetid smell.
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- NAME
- Striped Skunk
- HABITAT
- North America
- SCIENTIFIC NAME
- Mephitis mephitis
- SPICE
- Mammals
- DIET
- Omnivorous
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