This article was originally published on Critter Science.

The American hog-nosed skunk, aka rooter skunk, can be found in the southwestern United States, throughout Mexico, and into Central America. They tolerate a range of habitats from mountains, coastal plains, stream sides, canyons, and rocky terrains. They also inhabit open desert-scrublands, mesquite-grasslands, tropical areas, cornfields surrounded by brush near […]

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