| Mephitis | |
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| Hooded skunk (M. macroura) and striped skunk (M. mephitis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mephitidae |
| Genus: | Mephitis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & G. Cuvier, 1795 |
| Type species | |
| Viverra mephitis Schreber, 1776
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| Species | |
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| Mephitis ranges | |
Mephitis is one of several genera of skunks and comprises two species, both of which are found in North America.
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Mephitis mephitis | Striped skunk | Southern Canada, the United States and northern Mexico |
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Mephitis macroura | Hooded skunk | Southwestern United States to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northwest Costa Rica |
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