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adult striped skunk late February and early March4 hectares  great horned owl, bobcat, coyote, fisher  the fall to prepare for hibernationpair of musk sacsmost of southern Canadawhen in danger14.5 km an hourfruit, small mammals, insects, grasses. leaves and buds, carrion, grains and nuts, eggs, baby birds, crayfish, minnows, mollusks, frogs, lizards and snakes mouffette rayéeburrow of groundhog or cottontail rabbitup to 12 other skunks in a den mostly females with youngblack with white stripes down the back and taildried grasses and leavesplacid and sluggishstriped skunkhisses, growls, squeals, soft cooingsfrom December to Marchagricultural land, forest, along river valleysin the spring and fallMephitis mephitis5.2 per square km of agricultural landOrder Carnivora  Family Mustelidae
female mammal       babies              mammal       live babies  
adult female striped skunk0.95-2.10 kglate February and early March4 hectares62 days512-593 mmgreat horned owl, bobcat, coyote, fishermale skunks after matingbabiesthe fall to prepare for hibernation most of southern Canadawhen in danger14.5 km an hourfruit, small mammals, insects, grasses. leaves and buds, carrion, grains and nuts, eggs, baby birds, crayfish, minnows, mollusks, frogs, lizards and snakesMaymouffette rayéeburrow of groundhog or cottontail rabbitup to 12 other skunks in a den mostly females with youngblack with white stripes down the back and taildried grasses and leavesplacid and sluggishfemale mammalhisses, growls, squeals, soft cooingsfrom December to Marchagricultural land, forest, along river valleysin the spring and fallMephitis mephitis5.2 per square km of agricultural landOrder Carnivoralive babies10-30% her weight during hibernationFamily Mustelidae

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