Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
Family Mustelidae Batsch, 1788 - weasels, badgers, skunks, and otters
Subfamily Mephitinae Bonaparte, 1845 - skunks
see Family Mephitidae Bonaparte, 1845
Genus Spilogale Gray, 1865 - spotted skunks
1 Spilogale putorius (Linnaeus, 1758) - eastern spotted skunk
2 Spilogale pygmaea Thomas, 1898 - pygmy spotted skunk