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EASTERN SPOTTED SKUNK [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
Universal entry(ies)
Spilogale putorius
Latin
CONT

Spotted skunks (Spilogale putorius) were associated with human rabies in lower California during the first quarter of the 19th century.

OBS

A mammal of the family Mephitidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Spilogale putorius
Latin
CONT

En Californie du Sud, pendant le premier quart du XIXe siècle, on a pensé que les mouffettes tachetées (Spilogale putorius) transmettaient la rage à l'homme.

OBS

Parmi les quatre espèces de mouffettes tachetées (Spilogale), la mouffette tachetée orientale (Spilogale putorius) atteint presque la frontière canadienne entre le Minnesota et le Manitoba; toutefois, seule la mouffette tachetée occidentale (Spilogale gracilis) se rencontre au Canada. On a parfois vu quelques individus de cette espèce dans le Sud de la Colombie-Britannique, mais pas à plus de 120 km au nord de Vancouver.

OBS

Mammifère de la famille des Mephitidae.

Key term(s)
  • mouffette tachetée

Spanish

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