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To: Ish who wrote (113343)3/6/2006 11:53:42 AM
From: ManyMoose  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 225578
 
That's what I thought too. This says skunks are now thought to be a member of their own family, Mephitidae. animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu

Taxonomy is a human construct. Scientific names I learned 45 years ago are notoriously fickle these days.

I think it is the Taxonomists who are fickle.