Genetic variation in the eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) with emphasis on the plains spotted skunk (S. p. interrupta)
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The long-term, range-wide decline of a once common carnivore: the eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius)
The eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) was once common throughout the midwestern and southeastern United States, with consistent annual range-wide harvests of 100 000 animals. In the 1940s, however, populations seemingly crashed and the species is currently listed by various state agencies as endangered, threatened, or ‘of concern’ across much of its range. We examined long-term harvest...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Mammalogy
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0022-2372,1545-1542
DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyy098