How To Spot a Hooded Skunk?
Hooded skunks look similar to their cousins, the striped skunk, famously portrayed by Pepe Le Pew on the Looney Tunes cartoons of years past. The animated and amorous French-inspired skunk does not carry many other likenesses to the actual mammals in North America. Hooded skunks are typically the size of a large cat and have a more pronounced white section of fur down their backs and onto a long tail. Rather than a stripe, the white coat covers the top of the head and the back like a cloak or a hood to help identify them as a separate species. Despite their name, the hooded skunk will go through three different stages and colours of fur in their lives. The three stages include:- White-backed
- Black-backed
- All-black