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adult striped skunklate February and early Marchup to 12 other skunks in a den mostly females with young5.2 per square km of agricultural landwhen in dangerdried grasses and leavesthe fall to prepare for hibernationOrder Carnivorahisses, growls, squeals, soft cooingsstriped skunkburrow of groundhog or cottontail rabbitmost of southern CanadaMephitis mephitis  fruit, small mammals, insects, grasses. leaves and buds, carrion, grains and nuts, eggs, baby birds, crayfish, minnows, mollusks, frogs, lizards and snakes from December to Marchmouffette rayéepair of musk sacsplacid and sluggish4 hectaresblack with white stripes down the back and tailin the spring and fall14.5 km an houragricultural land, forest, along river valleysgreat horned owl, bobcat, coyote, fisherFamily Mustelidae
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adult male striped skunklate February and early Marchup to 12 other skunks in a den mostly females with young5.2 per square km of agricultural landwhen in dangerdried grasses and leavesthe fall to prepare for hibernationOrder Carnivorahisses, growls, squeals, soft cooingsmale mammalburrow of groundhog or cottontail rabbitmost of southern CanadaMephitis mephitis1.27-2.44 kg fruit, small mammals, insects, grasses. leaves and buds, carrion, grains and nuts, eggs, baby birds, crayfish, minnows, mollusks, frogs, lizards and snakes522-610 mmfrom December to Marchmouffette rayée placid and sluggish4 hectaresblack with white stripes down the back and tailin the spring and fall14.5 km an houragricultural land, forest, along river valleysgreat horned owl, bobcat, coyote, fisherFamily Mustelidae

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