Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Mustelidae Batsch, 1788 - weasels, badgers, skunks, and otters Genus Mephitis Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795 - striped skunk and hooded skunk Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776) - striped skunk