American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
Type | Words |
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Synonyms | polecat, skunk |
Type of | musteline, musteline mammal, mustelid |
Has types | hognosed skunk, hooded skunk, little spotted skunk, mephitis macroura, mephitis mephitis, rooter skunk, spilogale putorius, spotted skunk, badger skunk, striped skunk, conepatus leuconotus, hog-nosed skunk |
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