[8] Spilogale usually like to reside in covered thickets, woods, riparian hardwood, shrubbery, and areas that are located near streams.

However, S. putorius usually enjoy staying in rocky and woody habitats that have copious amounts of vegetation.

These sly creatures prefer to dwell in a den or natural cavities such as stumps or hollow logs.

Spotted skunks have been found to adjust well to a wide array of dry prairie ecosystems in shallow dens.

They take on a negative relationship with elevation, particularly in regions such as the Northern and Southern Appalachians of the United States.

[10] Post copulation the zygotes are subject to normal cleavage but stop at the blastocyst stage, where they can remain in the uterus for roughly 6.5 months.

Muscles around the nipples of the scent gland aim them, giving the skunk great accuracy on targets up to 15 feet away.

[7] The liquid is secreted via paired anal subcutaneous glands that are connected to the body through striated muscles.

This chemical conversion may be why pets that have been sprayed by skunks will have a faint "skunky" odor on damp evenings.

Hydrogen peroxide and baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) are mild enough to be used on people and animals but changes hair color.

Stronger oxidizing agents, like sodium hypochlorite solutions—liquid laundry bleach—are cheap and effective for deodorizing other materials.

Skunks are omnivorous and will eat small rodents, fruits, berries, birds, eggs, insects and larvae, lizards, snakes, and carrion.

[14] During the 1940s, Spilogale populations seemingly crashed and the species is currently listed by various state agencies as endangered, threatened, or ‘of concern’ across much of its range.

[16] The tropical dry forest of western Mexico, where these skunks live, is a highly threatened ecosystem that has been placed on conservation priority.