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VulnerableMaximum longevity: 10.5 years (captivity) Observations: There is a delay in the implantation, so the total gestation time can take from 50 to 234 days. One wild born specimen of the *gracilis* subspecies was about 10-11 years old when it died in captivity (Richard Weigl 2005).
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Commons category
- Spilogale putorius
- taxon name
- Spilogale putorius
- taxon common name
- Östlicher Fleckenskunk
- litter size
- 5.5
- longest observed lifespan
- 10.5
- taxon range
- Mexico
- short name
- S. putorius
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Encyclopedic overview
Skull
The eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) is a small, relatively slender skunk found in North America, in the central and parts of the southeastern United States and in small areas of Canada and Mexico.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eastern spotted skunk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.