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title: "Moffetta dal cappuccio"
description: "Mephitis macroura — Mammiferi. The hooded skunk (Mephitis macroura) is a species of mammal in the family Mephitidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/hooded-skunk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Moffetta dal cappuccio

> Mephitis macroura — Mammiferi. The hooded skunk (Mephitis macroura) is a species of mammal in the family Mephitidae.

- Scientific name: *Mephitis macroura*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1911
- Wikidata: [Q1068616](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1068616)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41879](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41879)

## Names

- en: Hooded Skunk
- de: Haubenskunk
- es: Zorrillo listado sureño
- fr: Moufette à capuchon
- it: Moffetta dal cappuccio
- nl: Gekraagde skunk
- pl: Skunks ogoniasty

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1201), US (316), HN (68), CR (66), SV (31), NI (11), GT (6)

## Summary

The hooded skunk (Mephitis macroura) is a species of mammal in the family Mephitidae. Mephītis in Latin means "foul odor", μακρός (makrós) in Greek translates to "long" and οὐρά (ourá) translates to "tail".

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooded_skunk

## Photo

![Moffetta dal cappuccio](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hooded-skunk/medium.jpg)

Photo: maryury · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61273492

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hooded-skunk?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).