Striped Skunk

Closest Relatives at Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
2	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
3	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
4	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
5	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
6	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
7	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
8	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
9	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
10	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
11	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
12	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
13	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
14	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
15	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
16	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
17	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
18	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
19	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
20	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
21	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
22	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Striped Skunk in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

About 9% of visitor-days record a Striped Skunk sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, based on 24 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Striped Skunk in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for Striped Skunk in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in our monthly data.