Striped skunk sits well down Missouri’s rank list at fifteenth, with only 209 records total, the thinnest dataset of the prairie-associated mammals covered here. Prairie State Park and Taberville Prairie Conservation Area, along with other prairie conservation land, are where those few records concentrate, likely because skunks forage grassy edges for grubs, insects, and eggs and because prairie preserves see steady visitor and researcher traffic.
The monthly counts are too sparse to name a single sharp peak; May through July and October all sit close together near the year’s high point, with a clear low in January. That pattern is honest but soft, more a hint of two loosely active seasons than a confirmed cycle. With this few records statewide, small changes in reporting effort can shift the picture considerably.
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