Assertion: skunk's family | /r/HasProperty | mephitidae
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text: The skunks were formerly included as a subfamily of the mustelids, but are now regarded as a separate family (Mephitidae).
text: Once considered a member of the mustelid, or weasel family, which includes badgers and otters, skunks are now classified, since 1997, in their own family Mephitidae from the word "mephitical" meaning "noxious vapor".
text: Molecular analysis has shown that skunks should be recognized as a single family, Mephitidae, according to the ADW.
text: Common name of mammals in the family Mephitidae
text: Skunks are North and South American mammals in the family Mephitidae.
text: Skunks were previously considered as part of the weasel family (Mustelidae) but DNA research has placed them in their own family, Mephitidae.
text: Skunks were previously considered as part of the weasel family (Mustelidae) but DNA research has placed them in their own family, Mephitidae.
text: Skunks are North and South American mammals in the family Mephitidae.
text: Skunks officially belong to the family Mephitidae in the taxonomy table.
text: They are part of the family Mephitidae.
text: Skunks are moderately small mammals, usually with black-and-white fur, belonging to the family Mephitidae and to the order Carnivora.
text: Skunks, now classified in the family Mephitidae, like members of its former family Mustelidae, the weasels (mink, weasel, badger, otter, etc.), emit an oily musk from their anal glands.
text: The Asiatic stink badgers of the genus Mydaus were formerly included within Melinae (and thus Mustelidae), but recent genetic evidence indicates these are actually members of the skunk family, placing them in the taxonomic family Mephitidae.