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Common Skunk

Date
  • 1900/1940
Description
  • 10. Common Skunk - Mephitis mephitis. About 24" long. Weighs about 8 pounds. Has 4-6 young in a litter. Eats small mammals, insects, fish and eggs. Has very strong scent. Habitat is clearings, pastures or open ground near the borders of forests. Home is a burrow or old badger hole. Forestry Story - An old logging railroad trestle is almost hidden by a new crop of 20 to 30 years old Douglas fir. Such trees are about as high as a three-story house. They will be harvested in time to supply wood for you or your children.
Subject
Work Type
Identifier
  • P217:47:10
Local Collection Name
Is Part Of
  • Set 46 - Forest Animals
Institution
Submission Date
  • 09/19/2016
Modified
  • 05/30/2023
Collections

APA

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. (20 Apr 2024). Common Skunk Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df716n39b

MLA

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "Common Skunk" Oregon Digital. 20 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df716n39b

Chicago

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "Common Skunk" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-20. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df716n39b

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Forest animals http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050576
2 Skunks http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85123249
3 color photographs http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300128359
4 slides (photographs) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300128371
5 Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/p_217
6 Oregon State University http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721

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