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Hooded skunk size: How big do they get?

How big does a Hooded skunk get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Hooded skunk (Mephitis macroura) reaches an average size of 30.8 cm (1′ 1″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 1.1 kg (2.42 lbs). A Hooded skunk has 4 babies at once. The Hooded skunk (genus: Mephitis) is a member of the family Mustelidae.

As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.

The average adult size of a Hooded skunk is (1' 1

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”.

Animals of the same family as a Hooded skunk

We found other animals of the Mustelidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Hooded skunk

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Hooded skunk:

Animals with the same litter size as a Hooded skunk

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Hooded skunk:

Animals with the same weight as a Hooded skunk

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Mephitis macroura: