Incidental captures of Eastern Spotted Skunk in a high-elevation Red Spruce forest in Virginia
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Abstract
Spilogale putorius (Eastern Spotted Skunk) is considered rare in the southern Appalachian Mountains and throughout much of its range. We report incidental captures of 6 Eastern Spotted Skunks in a high-elevation Picea rubens (Red Spruce) forest in southwestern Virginia during late February and March 2014. At 1520 m, these observations are the highest-elevation records for Eastern Spotted Skunk in the Appalachian Mountains. They are also the first known records of this species using Red Spruce forests in the southern Appalachians.
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Diggins, C.A., Jachowski, D.S., Martin, J., Ford, W.M., 2015, Incidental captures of Eastern Spotted Skunk in a high-elevation Red Spruce forest in Virginia: Northeastern Naturalist, v. 22, no. 2, p. N6-N10, https://doi.org/10.1656/045.022.0211.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Incidental captures of Eastern Spotted Skunk in a high-elevation Red Spruce forest in Virginia |
| Series title | Northeastern Naturalist |
| DOI | 10.1656/045.022.0211 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 2015 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Eagle Hill Institute |
| Contributing office(s) | Coop Res Unit Leetown |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | N6 |
| Last page | N10 |