Skunk

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Skunk

• By
• Eliza Cowan
• October 2008

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Classification System

• Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordata
•  Class Mammalia
•  Order Carnivora
• Family Mephitidae
•   Genus Mephitis
• SpeciesMephis

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Habitat

• North, South, Centrill, America
• Striped found in populated areas
• Deserts, forests, river valleys, farmlands
• Were food is available
• City backyards

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Shelter

• Dens
• hallow trees
• Wood piles
• Under buildings
• Grass nests
• Burrows

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Diet

• Favorite snacks-insects(anything from grubs and
  beatles to grasshoppers
• To find depends on keen sence of smell and
  hearing
• Walks along with nose to the ground so it can
  easely sniff incekts under-ground
• Omivores

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Adaptations

• Hibernaters
• Stocky body
• Short legs
• Good swimmers(doggie paddle)
• Doesnt usaly run but if it has to, can run up to
  9 mi. per hour

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Fun Unusual Facts

• When it walks it waddles like a big duck
• Worst enimy is the great horned owl
• Black and white
• Stink called Musk
• Can spray up to 12 feet
• Dont trample over any burrows
• Dont pollute the water

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