Skunk (English Wikipedia)

Andersen K. K.; Bernstein D. T. (1978). "1-Butanethiol and the Striped Skunk". Journal of Chemical Education. 55 (3): 159–160. Bibcode:1978JChEd..55..159A. doi:10.1021/ed055p159.
Wood, William F. (1990). "New Components in Defensive Secretion of the Striped Skunk, Mephitis mephitis". J. Chemical Ecology. 16 (6): 2057–2065. Bibcode:1990JCEco..16.2057W. doi:10.1007/BF01020516. PMID 24264006.
Wood W. F.; Sollers B. G.; Dragoo G. A.; Dragoo J. W. (2002). "Volatile Components in Defensive Spray of the Hooded Skunk, Mephitis macroura". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 28 (9): 1865–70. Bibcode:2002JCEco..28.1865W. doi:10.1023/A:1020573404341. PMID 12449512. S2CID 19217201.

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Merriam, C. Hart(Clinton Hart) (1886). The mammals of the Adirondack region, northeastern New York. U.S. Geological Survey. New York : Henry Holt and Co.

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Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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Wood, William F. (1999). "The History of Skunk Defensive Secretion Research" (PDF). Chem. Educator. 4 (2): 44–50. doi:10.1007/s00897990286a. S2CID 94181805. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2003.

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Zhang, V Y; Williams, C T; Theimer, T C; Buck, C Loren (1 January 2019). "Reproductive and Environmental Drivers of Time and Activity Budgets of Striped Skunks". Integrative Organismal Biology. 1 (1). doi:10.1093/iob/obz013. ISSN 2517-4843. PMC 7671141. PMID 33791528.
Andersen K. K.; Bernstein D. T. (1978). "Some Chemical Constituents of the Scent of the Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 1 (4): 493–499. doi:10.1007/BF00988589. S2CID 9451251.
Andersen K. K.; Bernstein D. T. (1978). "1-Butanethiol and the Striped Skunk". Journal of Chemical Education. 55 (3): 159–160. Bibcode:1978JChEd..55..159A. doi:10.1021/ed055p159.
Andersen K. K.; Bernstein D. T.; Caret R. L.; Romanczyk L. J. Jr. (1982). "Chemical Constituents of the Defensive Secretion of the Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)". Tetrahedron. 38 (13): 1965–1970. doi:10.1016/0040-4020(82)80046-X.
Wood, William F. (1990). "New Components in Defensive Secretion of the Striped Skunk, Mephitis mephitis". J. Chemical Ecology. 16 (6): 2057–2065. Bibcode:1990JCEco..16.2057W. doi:10.1007/BF01020516. PMID 24264006.
Wood W. F.; Sollers B. G.; Dragoo G. A.; Dragoo J. W. (2002). "Volatile Components in Defensive Spray of the Hooded Skunk, Mephitis macroura". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 28 (9): 1865–70. Bibcode:2002JCEco..28.1865W. doi:10.1023/A:1020573404341. PMID 12449512. S2CID 19217201.
Wood, William F. (1999). "The History of Skunk Defensive Secretion Research" (PDF). Chem. Educator. 4 (2): 44–50. doi:10.1007/s00897990286a. S2CID 94181805. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2003.
Aldrich, T.B. (1896). "A chemical study of the secretion of the anal glands of mephitis mephitica (common skunk), with remarks on the physiological properties of this secretion". J. Exp. Med. 1 (2): 323–340. doi:10.1084/jem.1.2.323. PMC 2117909. PMID 19866801.
Blanton J.D.; Hanlon C.A.; Rupprecht C.E. (2007). "Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2006". Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 231 (4): 540–56. doi:10.2460/javma.231.4.540. PMID 17696853.; Updated in Dyer JL, Yager P, Orciari L, Greenberg L, Wallace R, Hanlon CA, Blanton JD (2014). "Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2013". J Am Vet Med Assoc. 245 (10): 1111–23. doi:10.2460/javma.245.10.1111. PMC 5120391. PMID 25356711.
Johnson-Delaney, Cathy (1 October 2014). "Pet Virginia Opossums and Skunks". Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine. Unusual Exotic Pets. 23 (4): 317–326. doi:10.1053/j.jepm.2014.07.011. ISSN 1557-5063.

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"skunk (n.)". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
Harper, Douglas. "skunk". Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Wood, William F. "Chemistry of Skunk Spray". Dept. of Chemistry, Humboldt State University. Retrieved 27 July 2010.

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Zhang, V Y; Williams, C T; Theimer, T C; Buck, C Loren (1 January 2019). "Reproductive and Environmental Drivers of Time and Activity Budgets of Striped Skunks". Integrative Organismal Biology. 1 (1). doi:10.1093/iob/obz013. ISSN 2517-4843. PMC 7671141. PMID 33791528.
Wood, William F. (1990). "New Components in Defensive Secretion of the Striped Skunk, Mephitis mephitis". J. Chemical Ecology. 16 (6): 2057–2065. Bibcode:1990JCEco..16.2057W. doi:10.1007/BF01020516. PMID 24264006.
Wood W. F.; Sollers B. G.; Dragoo G. A.; Dragoo J. W. (2002). "Volatile Components in Defensive Spray of the Hooded Skunk, Mephitis macroura". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 28 (9): 1865–70. Bibcode:2002JCEco..28.1865W. doi:10.1023/A:1020573404341. PMID 12449512. S2CID 19217201.
Aldrich, T.B. (1896). "A chemical study of the secretion of the anal glands of mephitis mephitica (common skunk), with remarks on the physiological properties of this secretion". J. Exp. Med. 1 (2): 323–340. doi:10.1084/jem.1.2.323. PMC 2117909. PMID 19866801.
Blanton J.D.; Hanlon C.A.; Rupprecht C.E. (2007). "Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2006". Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 231 (4): 540–56. doi:10.2460/javma.231.4.540. PMID 17696853.; Updated in Dyer JL, Yager P, Orciari L, Greenberg L, Wallace R, Hanlon CA, Blanton JD (2014). "Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2013". J Am Vet Med Assoc. 245 (10): 1111–23. doi:10.2460/javma.245.10.1111. PMC 5120391. PMID 25356711.

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Zhang, V Y; Williams, C T; Theimer, T C; Buck, C Loren (1 January 2019). "Reproductive and Environmental Drivers of Time and Activity Budgets of Striped Skunks". Integrative Organismal Biology. 1 (1). doi:10.1093/iob/obz013. ISSN 2517-4843. PMC 7671141. PMID 33791528.
Aldrich, T.B. (1896). "A chemical study of the secretion of the anal glands of mephitis mephitica (common skunk), with remarks on the physiological properties of this secretion". J. Exp. Med. 1 (2): 323–340. doi:10.1084/jem.1.2.323. PMC 2117909. PMID 19866801.
Blanton J.D.; Hanlon C.A.; Rupprecht C.E. (2007). "Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2006". Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 231 (4): 540–56. doi:10.2460/javma.231.4.540. PMID 17696853.; Updated in Dyer JL, Yager P, Orciari L, Greenberg L, Wallace R, Hanlon CA, Blanton JD (2014). "Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2013". J Am Vet Med Assoc. 245 (10): 1111–23. doi:10.2460/javma.245.10.1111. PMC 5120391. PMID 25356711.

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Zhang, V Y; Williams, C T; Theimer, T C; Buck, C Loren (1 January 2019). "Reproductive and Environmental Drivers of Time and Activity Budgets of Striped Skunks". Integrative Organismal Biology. 1 (1). doi:10.1093/iob/obz013. ISSN 2517-4843. PMC 7671141. PMID 33791528.

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Johnson-Delaney, Cathy (1 October 2014). "Pet Virginia Opossums and Skunks". Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine. Unusual Exotic Pets. 23 (4): 317–326. doi:10.1053/j.jepm.2014.07.011. ISSN 1557-5063.

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Andersen K. K.; Bernstein D. T. (1978). "Some Chemical Constituents of the Scent of the Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 1 (4): 493–499. doi:10.1007/BF00988589. S2CID 9451251.
Wood W. F.; Sollers B. G.; Dragoo G. A.; Dragoo J. W. (2002). "Volatile Components in Defensive Spray of the Hooded Skunk, Mephitis macroura". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 28 (9): 1865–70. Bibcode:2002JCEco..28.1865W. doi:10.1023/A:1020573404341. PMID 12449512. S2CID 19217201.
Wood, William F. (1999). "The History of Skunk Defensive Secretion Research" (PDF). Chem. Educator. 4 (2): 44–50. doi:10.1007/s00897990286a. S2CID 94181805. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2003.

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"Old World skunk". Retrieverman.net. 2 November 2015. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
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Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Zhang, V Y; Williams, C T; Theimer, T C; Buck, C Loren (1 January 2019). "Reproductive and Environmental Drivers of Time and Activity Budgets of Striped Skunks". Integrative Organismal Biology. 1 (1). doi:10.1093/iob/obz013. ISSN 2517-4843. PMC 7671141. PMID 33791528.
Johnson-Delaney, Cathy (1 October 2014). "Pet Virginia Opossums and Skunks". Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine. Unusual Exotic Pets. 23 (4): 317–326. doi:10.1053/j.jepm.2014.07.011. ISSN 1557-5063.

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