References

 

Bradley, L. 1997. Eastern Spotted Skunk. The Mammals of Texas –Online Edition <URL:http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/spilputo.htm>. Accessed on 23 March 2014.

Bullock, L. 2008. Eastern Spotted Skunk (Spilogale putorius). Mammals of Mississippi 12:1-6.

Crooks, K. 1994. Demography and status of the Island Fox and the Island Spotted Skunk on Santa Cruz Island, California. The Southwestern Naturalist 39: 257-262.

Foresman, K. R. and R. A. Mead. 1973. Duration of Post- Implantation in a Western Subspecies of the Spotted Skunk (Spilogale putorius). Journal of Mammalogy 54: 521-523.

Gompper, M. E. and H. M. Hackett. 2005. The long- term, range-wide decline of a once carnivore: The eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius). Animal Conservation 8: 195-201.

Greensid, R. D. and R. A. Mead. 1973. Ovulation in Spotted Skunk. Biology of Reproduction 8: 576-584.

Lesmeister, D. B., J. J. Millspaugh, M. E. Grompper, and T. W. Mong. 2010. Eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) survival and cause specific mortality in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas. American Midland Naturalist 164: 52-60.

Lesmeister, D. B., R. S. Crowhurst, J. J. Millspaugh, and M. E. Gompper. 2013. Landscape ecology of eastern spotted skunks in habitats restored for red- cockaded woodpeckers. Restoration Ecology 21: 267-275.

Lesmeister, D.B., M.E. Gompper, and J.J. Millspaugh. 2009. Habitat selection and home range dynamics of Eastern Spotted Skunks in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas, USA. Journal of Wildlife Management 73: 18-25.

Medellin, R. A., G. Ceballos, and H. Zarza. 1998. Spilogale pygmaea. Mammalian Species, the American Society of Mammlogists 600: 1-3.

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 2014. Spilogale putorius. <URL:http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/rsg/profile.html?action=elementDetail&selectedElement=AMAJF05010>. Accessed on 22 March 2014.

Missouri department of conservation 2013.<URL:http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/eastern-spotted-skunk>. Accessed 24 March 2014.

Myers, P. 2001. Animalia. Animal Diversity Web. <URL:http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Animalia/>. Accessed on April 10, 2014.

Myers, P. and M. Wund. 2005. Mammalia. Animal Diversity Web. <URL:http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Mammalia>. Accessed on 10 April 2014.

Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2014. The Animal Diversity Web. <URL:http://animaldiversity.org>. Accessed on 10 April 2014.

Pennington, S. 2002. Spilogale putorius. Animal Diversity Web. <URL:http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Spilogale_putorius>. Accessed on 11 April 2014.

Poor, A. "Carnivora" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. <URL:http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Carnivora/>. Accessed on 10 April 2014.

The Animal Files. 2006. <URL:http://theanimalfiles.com/mammals/carnivores/skunk_eastern_spotted.html>. Accessed on 23 March 2014.

The natural source. 1997. <URL:http://www3.northern.edu/natsource/MAMMALS/Easter1.htm>. Accessed on 24 March 2014.
 
The IUCN red List of threatened species 2013. . Accessed 23 March 2014.

Wood, F.W., C.G. Morgan, and A. Miller. 1991. Volatile components in defensive spray of the spotted skunk, Spilogale putorious. Journal of Chemical Ecology 17:1415-1420.

Wund, M. 2005. "Mephitidae" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. <URL:http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Mephitidae/>. Accessed on 10 April 2014.

 

Head back to the Home page to start over exploring!

Continue on to learn about the Authors of this webpage on the Contact page!

A Special Thanks to Mary Cummins for all of her picture contributions!