Mephitis (genus)

Mephitis is one of several genera of skunks and comprises two species, both of which are found in North America.

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Mephitis mephitis	Striped skunk	Southern Canada, the United States and northern Mexico
	Mephitis macroura	Hooded skunk	Southwestern United States to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northwest Costa Rica

Mephitis
Hooded skunk (M. macroura) and striped skunk (M. mephitis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Family:	Mephitidae
Genus:	Mephitis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & G. Cuvier, 1795
Type species
Viverra mephitis Schreber, 1776
Species
Mephitis mephitis Mephitis macroura
Mephitis ranges