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Skunks and Stink-badgers
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Skunks and Stink-badgers

Mephitidae

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 use to deter predators.

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2 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 15 known species

True Skunks

subfamilyMephitinae

Stink-badgers

subfamilyMyadinae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 41871.