Educational resources on Hooded Skunk

Hooded Skunk or Mephitis macroura is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Hooded Skunk

Academic web links for the Hooded Skunk.

Hooded Skunk (Mephitis macroura)
Hooded Skunk Order Carnivora: Family Mustelidae : Mephitis macroura Lichtenstein. Description. Superficially similar to the striped skunk, Mephitis
www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/mephmacr.htm

Hooded Skunk
Common Name: Hooded Skunk Classification: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae Genus: Mephitis Species: macroura
www.ben.edu/museum/hoodedskunk.asp

ADW: Mephitis macroura: Information
The upper neck has a distinct area of longer hair, leading to the common name "hooded skunk." The tail is also longer than that of the striped skunk.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Mephitis_macroura.html

North American Mammals: Mephitis macroura
The Hooded Skunk is a desert animal, preferring rocky canyons and valleys, and the vegetation along stream edges. It lives at elevations of less than 2,000 m above sea level.
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=155

Mephitis macroura
Order: Carnivora; Family: Mephitidae (Skunks) Species: Mephitis macroura (meh-FIE-tis mak-row-UR-uh) Common English Names: Hooded Skunk ; Common Spanish Names: Zorrillo Listado
museum.utep.edu/chih/theland/animals/mammals/mephmac.htm

VOLATILE COMPONENTS IN DEFENSIVE SPRAY OF THE HOODED SKUNK, Mephitis ...
Journal of Chemical Ecology, Vol. 28, No. 9, September 2002 (∞ C 2002) VOLATILE COMPONENTS IN DEFENSIVE SPRAY OF THE HOODED SKUNK, Mephitis macroura WILLIAMF.
www.msb.unm.edu/mammals/publications/Wood2002.pdf

Small Carnivore Taxon Advisory Group (SCTAG)
SMALL CARNIVORES. Welcome to the American Zoo and Aquarium Association's Small Carnivore Website! Site designed and maintained by: Joyce Kaplan, ZooTech Director at Pensacola
www.pjc.edu/sctag/hooded_skunk/Index.htm

Semi-Desert Shrublands: Fauna: Hooded Skunk (Mephitis macroura)
Hooded Skunk - Mephitis macroura Links to Web Resources. Hooded Skunk - Animal Diversity Web, The University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology; Hooded Skunk - Natural Science Research
arsc.arid.arizona.edu/watershed/species4.asp?veg=semidesert&crit=fauna&genus=Mephitis&...

ADW: Mephitis: Specimens
...hooded skunk Mephitis macroura: hooded skunk Mephitis macroura: hooded skunk Mephitis macroura : hooded skunk Mephitis macroura: hooded skunk Mephitis macroura
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Mephitis.html

Order Carnivora
Hooded Skunk, Mephitis macroura Striped Skunk, Mephitis mephitis Eastern Hog-nosed Skunk, Conepatus leuconotus
www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/ordcarni.htm