A genus of quadrupeds of the weasel family, which are native to North America. They are about the size…
Medium-sized mammals with black-and-white-fur belonging to the family Mephitidae and the order Carnivora.
"A fetid animal of the American genus Mephitis, M. mephitica... The animal inhabits all of temperate…
"Of this genus there is but a single species, found at the Cape of Good Hope and Senegal, and variously…