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<vernacularName id="056646D4912FFB5DFA40F8C1F81FD26A" box="[1491,2006,1805,1851]" pageId="8" pageNumber="561">Southern Spotted Skunk</vernacularName>
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8912FFB5DF876F8C1F6B7D26A" box="[2021,2430,1805,1851]" pageId="8" pageNumber="561">Spilogale angustifrons</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8912FFB5DFA1BF881FA1CD233" box="[1416,1493,1869,1890]" pageId="8" pageNumber="561">French:</emphasis>
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/
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/
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8912FFB5DF87CF843F743D2E1" box="[2031,2186,1935,1968]" pageId="8" pageNumber="561">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C654D79912FFB5DF70CF843F7FDD289" ID-CoL="4Z3P4" authority="Howell, 1902" authorityName="Howell" authorityYear="1902" class="Mammalia" family="Mephitidae" genus="Spilogale" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="8" pageNumber="561" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="angustifrons">Spilogale angustifrons Howell, 1902</taxonomicName>
,
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Tlalpan,
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,
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.
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This skunk has been classified as a subspecies of
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off and on throughout: its taxonomic:: history. Recent chromosomal data have helped to elevate it back to species status. There are five subspecies recognized.
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8912FFB5DF87CF706F6B7DDBA" box="[2031,2430,2250,2283]" pageId="8" pageNumber="561">Subspecies and Distribution.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C654D79912FFB5DF863F736F647DC42" authority="Howell, 1902" authorityName="Howell" authorityYear="1902" box="[2032,2446,2298,2323]" class="Mammalia" family="Mephitidae" genus="Spilogale" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="8" pageNumber="561" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="angustifrons" subSpecies="angustifrons">S. a. angustifrons Howell, 1902</taxonomicName>
— C
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(
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&amp; C
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).
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<taxonomicName id="4C654D79912FFB5DFA1BF6F3F961DC31" authority="Hall, 1938" authorityName="Hall" authorityYear="1938" box="[1416,1704,2367,2400]" class="Mammalia" family="Mephitidae" genus="Spilogale" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="8" pageNumber="561" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="angustifrons" subSpecies="celeris">S. a. celeris Hall, 1938</taxonomicName>
— highlands of
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S towards C
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.
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<taxonomicName id="4C654D79912FFB5DFA1BF6A3F903DCD9" authority="Howell, 1906" authorityName="Howell" authorityYear="1906" box="[1416,1738,2415,2440]" class="Mammalia" family="Mephitidae" genus="Spilogale" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="8" pageNumber="561" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="angustifrons" subSpecies="elata">S. a. elata Howell, 1906</taxonomicName>
— highlands of SE Mexico (Chiapas),
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,
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, and Hounduras.
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<taxonomicName id="4C654D79912FFB5DFA1BF672F8C9DC86" authority="Howell, 1902" authorityName="Howell" authorityYear="1902" box="[1416,1792,2494,2519]" class="Mammalia" family="Mephitidae" genus="Spilogale" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="8" pageNumber="561" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="angustifrons" subSpecies="tropicalis">S. a. tropicalis Howell, 1902</taxonomicName>
— S
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(E
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, C
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, &amp; C
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, and SE towards
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and along the Pacific Coast) to E
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.
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<taxonomicName id="4C654D79912FFB5DFA1BF5C8F8CCDF74" authority="Burt, 1938" authorityName="Burt" authorityYear="1938" box="[1416,1797,2564,2597]" class="Mammalia" family="Mephitidae" genus="Spilogale" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="8" pageNumber="561" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="angustifrons" subSpecies="yucatanensis">S. a. yucatanensis Burt, 1938</taxonomicName>
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(occurs throughout the
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Peninsula),
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and N
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.
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8912FFB5DFA14F59FF94DDF25" box="[1415,1668,2643,2676]" pageId="8" pageNumber="561">Descriptive notes.</emphasis>
Very few specimens are available for measurements. Head-body
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(males) and
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; weight
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. The color pattern in this speciesis very similar to other species of spotted skunks. They have a white spot between the eyes and a series of six vertical white stripes along the back and sides. The top set of white stripes runs along the middle of the back towards the rear of the animal where they branch off and become horizontal on the hips. The next pair runs from the ears parallel to the top stripes. The third set runs from the forelegs along the side and sometimes joins the horizontal stripes on the hips. The tip (one third of the tail) is white. There is considerable variation in this color pattern. Southern Spotted Skunks have five toes on each foot and long claws. The skull is small and narrow with a highly arched cranium. The rostrum is also narrow. The dental formula for this skunk is: 1 3/3, C 1/1, P 3/3, M 1/2 = 34. This species, like other skunks,is endowed with well- developed scent glands, which can expel a noxious fluid to repel potential predators.
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8912FFB5DFA15F3B5FA3CD9CB" box="[1414,1525,3193,3226]" pageId="8" pageNumber="561">Habitat.</emphasis>
These skunks are found in rocky hills with brush and sparse trees, but they also can be found in pine-oak forests at high elevations. They can occur in a variety of habitats such as rainforests, dry thickets, pine forests, and grasslands. They are commonly found in agricultural fields as well. Southern Spotted Skunks have been found from sea level to about
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. They make dens under logs or rocks, in hollow trees, and between the roots of trees and shrubs. They also use dens abandoned by armadillos and other mammals.
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<subSubSection id="C37F6571912EFB5CFF5BFED2FD95D4E0" pageId="9" pageNumber="562" type="food_feeding">
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8912EFB5CFF5BFED2FE06D46A" box="[200,463,286,315]" pageId="9" pageNumber="562">Food and Feeding.</emphasis>
Like other spotted skunks, Southern Spotted Skunks feed mainly on insects and small mammals. They also will consume amphibians and wild fruit. 50% of their diet consists of invertebrates and the remainder consists of vertebrates and vegetation (including fruits).
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<subSubSection id="C37F6571912EFB5CFF55FE77FEFBD71F" pageId="9" pageNumber="562" type="activity">
<paragraph id="8BDA36FA912EFB5CFF55FE77FEFBD71F" blockId="9.[197,1403,286,717]" pageId="9" pageNumber="562">
<emphasis id="B911EAE8912EFB5CFF55FE77FE79D489" box="[198,432,443,472]" pageId="9" pageNumber="562">Activity patterns.</emphasis>
These animals presumably are nocturnal. Like the other skunks they are equipped with anal scent glands that can be used in defense. Southern Spotted Skunks probably have very similar activity patterns to Eastern and Western Spotted Skunks.
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<emphasis id="B911EAE8912EFB5CFF5BFD90FC40D724" box="[200,905,604,629]" pageId="9" pageNumber="562">Movements, Home range and Social organization.</emphasis>
Home ranges for this species have been estimated at about 64 hectares. In areas where they are common they have been reported in densities of 5-8 individuals per square kilometer.
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<subSubSection id="C37F6571912EFB5CFA53FED0F6DED4D9" pageId="9" pageNumber="562" type="breeding">
<paragraph id="8BDA36FA912EFB5CFA53FED0F6DED4D9" blockId="9.[1471,2680,284,708]" pageId="9" pageNumber="562">
<emphasis id="B911EAE8912EFB5CFA53FED0F98FD468" box="[1472,1606,284,313]" pageId="9" pageNumber="562">Breeding.</emphasis>
The breeding season in this species has not been studied. Because Eastern and Western Spotted Skunks have different periods of delayed implantation, the breeding season in this species would be an interesting study.
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<subSubSection id="C37F6571912EFB5CFA52FE5EF766D71C" pageId="9" pageNumber="562" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="8BDA36FA912EFB5CFA52FE5EF766D71C" blockId="9.[1471,2680,284,708]" pageId="9" pageNumber="562">
<emphasis id="B911EAE8912EFB5CFA52FE5EF8D2D4FE" box="[1473,1819,402,431]" pageId="9" pageNumber="562">Status and Conservation.</emphasis>
Notlisted in CITES. Classified as Least Concern in The [UCN Red List. This species is just recently being recognized by taxonomists and is therefore not likely to have been considered for special conservation status. However,it is reported that where they do occur they are common. This species has been reported with antibodies to rabies, parvovirus, and toxoplasma.
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<paragraph id="8BDA36FA912EFB5CFA51FD92F89ED795" blockId="9.[1471,2680,284,708]" pageId="9" pageNumber="562">
<emphasis id="B911EAE8912EFB5CFA51FD92F992D722" box="[1474,1627,606,627]" pageId="9" pageNumber="562">Bibliography.</emphasis>
Baker &amp; Baker (1975), Ceballos &amp; Oliva (2005), Cervantes et al. (2002), Hall (1938), Hall &amp; Kelson (1952, 1959), Howell (1902, 1906), Kinlaw (1995), Owen et al. (1996), Reid (1997), Suzan &amp; Ceballos (2005), Van Gelder (1959), Verts et al. (2001).
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