Mephitis (genus)

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| image = Mephitis.png

| image_caption = Hooded skunk (M. macroura) and striped skunk (M. mephitis)

| taxon = Mephitis

| type_species = Viverra mephitis

| type_species_authority = Schreber, 1776

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = Mephitis mephitis

| range_map = Mephitis area.png

| range_map_caption = Mephitis ranges

}}

Mephitis is one of several genera of skunks and comprises two species, both of which are found in North America.

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
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100px	Mephitis mephitis	Striped skunk	Southern Canada, the United States and northern Mexico
100px	Mephitis macroura	Hooded skunk	Southwestern United States to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northwest Costa Rica