#0066 · 🦊 mammals
Striped Skunk
🇳🇱 Gestreept Stinkdier ·Mephitis mephitis
9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Joe Miller · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © John · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Jose Alberto Desilos Resendiz · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © matthew_wills · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Robin Gwen Agarwal · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Robin Gwen Agarwal · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Joe Kunkel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Hannah Floyd · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Jesse Rorabaugh · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The striped skunk ( Mephitis mephitis ) is a skunk of the genus Mephitis that is native to southern Canada, the United States and northern Mexico. It is currently listed as least concern by the IUCN on account of its wide range and ability to adapt to human-modified environments.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 49,911 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 34 g.
- Scientifically named by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1776 (250 years ago).
- Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.
fact sheet
- English
- Striped Skunk
- Nederlands
- Gestreept Stinkdier
- scientific name
- Mephitis mephitis
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Mephitidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- in NL
- introduced
- sightings in NL
- 1
- sightings in Europe
- 1
- sightings worldwide
- 49,911
- GBIF records in NL
- 9
- weight
- 34 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1776 by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Mephitidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 41880, Wikidata Q368495, GBIF 5219380, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.