| adult western spotted skunk | can climb |  |
| can run at 7.2 km per hour | |
| eats cottontail rabbits, field voles, Norway rats. house mice, corn, insects, plants, fruit, birds, eggs, carrion, lizards, snakes, frogs | |
| has breeding season late winter | |
| has colour black with 6 white stripes on the back, white tipped tail and white spots on the head | |
| has range 64 hectares | |
| has temperament secretive, sociable | |
| has part pair of musk sacs | |
| is more carnivorous than striped skunk | |
| is nocturnal | |
| is a kind of western spotted skunk | |
| makes sound grunt and screech | |
| sprays when in danger | |
| western spotted skunk | does not truly hibernate | |
| has distribution south-western British Columbia | |
| has habitat scrubland, canyons and farmland | |
| has name in French mouffette tachetée | |
| has population density 5 skunks per square km of good agricultural land | |
| has scientific name Spilogale gracilis | |
| is eaten by domestic cats and dogs, great horned owl | |
| lives in groundhog burrow, hollow log, stump, tree | |
| shares den in winter with other skunks | |
| weasel | has Family name Family Mustelidae | |
| carnivore | has Order name Order Carnivora | |
| is carnivorous or omnivorous | |
| mammal | is warm-blooded | |
| may catch rabies | |
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