The first documented interaction between a long-tailed weasel ( Mustela frenata ) and a plains spotted skunk ( Spilogale interrupta ) carcass.
Kara M WhiteJoshua D StaffordRobert C LonsingerPublished in: Ecology and evolution (2023)
A novel interaction between a long-tailed weasel ( Mustela frenata ) and a plains spotted skunk ( Spilogale interrupta ) carcass is detailed. In November 2020, a farmer in Edmunds County in north-central South Dakota sent in a video recording of a long-tailed weasel with a spotted skunk carcass. Location of the event, carcass condition, and recorded behavior of the long-tailed weasel offer probable, but unconfirmed, evidence that the spotted skunk was killed by the long-tailed weasel.
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