Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776)

Striped Skunk

Mephitis mephitis is distributed throughout the state. Caire et al. (1989) reported specimen records from 35 counties and observational records from an additional nine counties. Stangl et al. (1992) reported a new record for Jefferson County, Braun and Revelez (2005) reported a specimen record from Garvin County, and Roehrs et al. (2008) reported a specimen record from Kiowa County. New specimen records are reported for the counties of Beaver, Canadian, Delaware, Harmon, Jackson, Kingfisher, Pottawatomie, and Woodward.

Specimen records (23). — Beaver County (11): Beaver River, 5 (AMNH 3025-3029) , Beaver River, Indian Territory, 6 (AMNH 3962-3967) . Caddo County (2): Fort Cobb, 2 (USNM 9285, 10749) . Canadian County (2): 0.3 km S Hwy 3 on County Line Rd, Yukon, 1 (OMNH 54501) ; 9204 NW 100th St, Yukon, 1 (OMNH 65383) . Delaware County (1): 8 km W of OK-AR line on Hwy 33, 1 (UAFMC 0075- 0754 - 0001) . Harmon County (1): 14.9 km S, 2.4 km W Gould, 470 m, 1 (OMNH 66070) . Jackson County (1): 3.2 km N Headrick, 1 (OMNH 14920) . Kingfisher County (1): 12.6 km E of Broadway Ave, OK Hwy 33, Kingfisher, 35°51'08"N, - 97°46'56"W, 1 (UCOCV-MAM 4376) . Pottawatomie County (3): no specific locality, 1 (UCOCV-MAM 4523); Shawnee area, 1 (UCOCV-MAM 4382) ; Shawnee, 1 (ISM 687221) . Woodward County (1): Selman Living Lab, 544.7 m, 36°42'46.50"N, - 99°15'32.89"W, 1 (UCOCV-MAM 5526) .