Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Mustelidae Batsch, 1788 - weasels, badgers, skunks, and otters Genus Spilogale Gray, 1865 - spotted skunks Spilogale putorius (Linnaeus, 1758) - eastern spotted skunk