Hooded Skunk
Mephitis macroura
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,291
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The hooded skunk (Mephitis macroura) is a species of mammal in the family Mephitidae. Mephītis in Latin means "foul odor", μακρός (makrós) in Greek translates to "long" and οὐρά (ourá) translates to "tail".
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Hooded skunk”.