What is a skunk's Latin name?

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What is a skunk's Latin name?
路Here's ya go take your pick, they are all skunks. That should get you an A


Mephitis mephitis


路 M. mephitis avia -- prairie regions of Midwestern US


路 M. mephitis elongata -- s.e. US from Florida to N. Carolina


路 M. mephitis estor -- Central western US Rocky Mtn region


路 M. mephitis holzerni -- southern California, Baja California


路 M. mephitis hudsonica -- British Columbia


路 M. mephitis major -- northwestern US


路 M. mephitis mephitis -- Eastern Canada


路 M. mephitis mesomelas -- W.Mississippi River Valley


路 M. mephitis nigra -- New England and Mid-Atlantic region


路 M. mephitis notata -- S. Washington state, n. Oregon


路 M. mephitis occidentalis -- Oregon, California


路 M. mephitis spissigrada -- Northwest Pacific coast region



Reply:The Latin name for skunk, Mephitis mephitis, means "double foul odor."
Reply:There is no such word in latin for skunk instead they use the word smell which is "nidor"...





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Reply:Mephitis mephitis
Reply:Striped skunks





Mephitis mephitis
Reply:here i looked it up for you=D





Mephitis mephitis