Missouri Department of Conservation
SKUNK, PLAINS SPOTTED

Summary information for SKUNK, PLAINS SPOTTED

Common Name
SKUNK, PLAINS SPOTTED
Scientific Name
SPILOGALE PUTORIUS
Status
FURBEARER, GAME, STATE ENDANGERED, STATE RANK S1, GLOBAL RANK G5T4
Primary Habitat
"Habitat generalist"
Preferred Habitat
"Inhabit fencerows, vegetated gullies and brushy borders with logs, brushpiles, snags, rocky outcrops, open prairies, and riparian woodland areas."
Distribution
"Very rare in north Missouri *04*."
County List
ANDREW, ATCHISON, BARTON, BOONE, CHARITON, OZARK, RALLS, SHANNON, TANEY, ST. FRANCOIS, WAYNE, BOLLINGER, CAPE GIRARDEAU, MADISON, STE. GENEVIEVE, ADAIR, AUDRAIN, BARRY, BATES, BENTON, BUCHANAN, CALDWELL, CALLAWAY, CAMDEN, CARROLL, CARTER, CASS, CEDAR, CLARK, CLINTON, COLE, COOPER, CRAWFORD, DADE, DALLAS, DAVIESS, DEKALB, DENT, DOUGLAS, FRANKLIN, GASCONADE, GENTRY, GREENE, HENRY, HOLT, HOWELL, IRON, JASPER, JEFFERSON, JOHNSON, KNOX, LAFAYETTE, LAWRENCE, LINCOLN, LINN, MARIES, MARION, MCDONALD, MONITEAU, MONROE, MORGAN, NEWTON, OREGON, PETTIS, PHELPS, PIKE, PLATTE, POLK, PULASKI, PUTNAM, RANDOLPH, RAY, REYNOLDS, RIPLEY, SALINE, SCHUYLER, SCOTLAND, SHELBY, ST. CHARLES, ST. CLAIR, ST. LOUIS, STONE, SULLIVAN, TEXAS, WARREN, WASHINGTON, WEBSTER, WRIGHT
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