Nevada records for the western spotted skunk are anchored by Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge and Basin and Range National Monument. They show where people have reported it, not how many animals live there.
These sites place the Nevada record pattern firmly in the state’s southern desert country. The protected lands also span springs, canyons, and open basin terrain. The monthly record pattern has both winter and summer strength. In Nevada, that split can reflect access to low desert sites and high mountain sites at different times.
The file combines 11 research-grade iNaturalist records and 36 GBIF records. Those 47 records measure documented encounters, not Nevada’s population size. It’s native to Nevada. Nevada doesn’t specifically list it under the state’s conservation framework, and the IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
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