The striped skunk is all black, except for a white stripe that runs from head to tail. It is the common skunk of the Great Lakes Region. The striped skunk's habitat is a mix of forests and fields. The skunk will also live in areas populated by humans.
Winters are hard on the skunk so it has many ways to survive the winter.
One of these is to huddle underground as a community of skunks. The skunk will feed on anything that is present in the environment. The striped skunk has defensive adaptations to prevent attacks, including warning a potential enemy, by foot stomping and tail arching. If this doesn't deter the predator, the skunk resorts to spraying the attacker with a very strong smelling chemical produced by the skunk odor glands.