American Hog-nosed Skunk in Texas

Conepatus leuconotus

Native to Texas S4 Apparently Secure in Texas

Not listed as nonindigenous in Texas by USGS NAS; native to its Texas range.

IUCN Red List status

LC – Least Concern

Widespread and abundant; not at risk.

Photo: RJ Baltierra · CC BY 4.0American hog-nosed skunk walking through dry grassland at night, showing its single broad white back stripe and long pig-like snoutPhoto: Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC BY-SA 4.0American hog-nosed skunk walking across forest leaf litter, full body visiblePhoto: James M. Maley · CC BY 4.0American hog-nosed skunk foraging among rocks and dry brush in ArizonaPhoto: SaguaroNPS · Public domainAmerican hog-nosed skunk photographed at night on a National Park Service wildlife monitoring camera, tail raisedPhoto: Jack Byrley · CC BY 4.0American hog-nosed skunk walking away through dry grass, white tail raised

Photo: RJ Baltierra · CC BY 4.0American hog-nosed skunk walking through dry grassland at night, showing its single broad white back stripe and long pig-like snoutPhoto: Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC BY-SA 4.0American hog-nosed skunk walking across forest leaf litter, full body visiblePhoto: James M. Maley · CC BY 4.0American hog-nosed skunk foraging among rocks and dry brush in ArizonaPhoto: SaguaroNPS · Public domainAmerican hog-nosed skunk photographed at night on a National Park Service wildlife monitoring camera, tail raisedPhoto: Jack Byrley · CC BY 4.0American hog-nosed skunk walking away through dry grass, white tail raised

American Hog-nosed Skunk in Texas, by the numbers

Common in Texas 43rd most recorded of 197 mammals logged in Texas

567 occurrence records

345 with iNaturalist photos

Jun 1, 2026 Last seen in Texas

Records from 2000–2026.

567 total records count every Texas occurrence from GBIF and iNaturalist; the map plots a georeferenced sample of 300; the monthly chart covers the 557 records with a full observation date.

When to look for the American Hog-nosed Skunk in Texas

Most sightings fall in August to April.

557 Texas occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year, 2000–2026. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence.

Monthly Texas records (table)

Month	Records
January	45
February	51
March	57
April	47
May	35
June	35
July	27
August	45
September	48
October	59
November	61
December	47

Monthly american hog-nosed skunk occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Texas, 2000–2026.

Seasonality

Year-round in Texas, with recorded sightings peaking in August–April.

Occurrence map

Where American Hog-nosed Skunk has been recorded in Texas

300 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

300 Texas records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monument	iNaturalist records
San Angelo State Park	1

Protected places with the most american hog-nosed skunk sightings, from the USGS Protected Areas Database plus named mountain ranges, good spots to look, not a full breakdown, so they don't sum to the total.

Where it's recorded in Texas

County	Records
Tom Green County	126
Val Verde County	63
Concho County	32
Irion County	28
Jeff Davis County	19
Kimble County	18
Brewster County	17
Crockett County	16
Edwards County	15
Gillespie County	13
Kerr County	13
Blanco County	12
43 other counties	195

The complete county distribution, spread across 55 Texas counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

Hog-nosed skunks are a Hill Country and Edwards Plateau species, and Texas’s records follow that limestone canyon country closely: Tom Green County, around San Angelo, leads with 126, followed by Val Verde with 63 and Concho with 32. NatureServe rates it S4, Apparently Secure, in Texas, even though records here are thinner than for many of the state’s mammals.

Records spread fairly evenly across the year, with a modest bump in November and no sharp single-season peak, an honest reflection of a species active year-round rather than a real gap in observer effort. Of the state’s 567 records, 345 come from iNaturalist photographs and the rest from GBIF-linked survey data, a sizable non-photo share for a shy, mostly nocturnal digger that people are more likely to trap or track than photograph. The pattern overall reads as a species genuinely present across its Hill Country range but not one many people run into.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

Full species profile American Hog-nosed Skunk Conepatus leuconotus Size 44.4–93.4 cm1.5–3.1 ft Weight 1.1–4.5 kg2.4–9.9 lb Lifespan 4 yr View the full profile

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Data & sources

The data and visualizations on this page draw on these open sources:

GBIFCC-BY 4.0occurrence records behind the range map, elevation, and record counts
iNaturalistCC0 / CC-BY / CC-BY-SAobservations, photos, and audio recordings
NatureServe ExplorerCC-BYthe state conservation rank
IUCN Red Listattributed factthe global conservation status
USGS NASpublic domainnative / introduced status
Natural Earthpublic domainthe relief basemap
USFSpublic domainnational-forest boundaries
USGS Protected Areas Databasepublic domainthe named parks, forests, and refuges behind "notable places to look"