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What weasel called Mephitis mephitis in Latin meaning stench stench gets its English name from the Algonquian Indian word meaning urinating fox?
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The striped skunk is Mephitis mephitis - Skunks are not weasels
This question in incorrect - weasels are in the familyMustelidae of the orderCarnivora. (If this question is being asked for a school assignment - please notify your educators that they are wrong)
Skunks are in the family Mephitidae (skunks and stink badgers) of the order Carnivora Suborder: Caniformia Family: Mephitidae Genus: Mephitis Species: Mephitis mephitis is the striped skunk Note: Skunks used to be considered a subfamily (Mephitinae) within Mustelidae, recent molecular evidence indicates that skunks do not lie within the mustelid group and should be recognized as a single family Refer to links below for verification of the skunk family
You are thinking of the striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis. The word "skunk"comes from many different Algonquian languages: Pequot squnck, Ojibwe shi-kaug or shegaug, Abenaki seganku and others.
It is conjectured that the first element may mean "urinate" (Abenaki segudi, Natick sagketog) and the second element may be "fox" (Pequot wonkqussis), but perhaps the word is older than any of these languages.
Skunks, however, are neither weasels nor foxes.
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