Have you ever seen a spotted skunk?

Reportedly once common in the Florida Parishes.

Every skunk I see is one that I've spotted. So, yes, I've seen a spotted skunk!

But in all seriousness, no, I've never seen a spotted skunk. As one poster said they had mainly a Florida Parish range. Perhaps their decline is connected to the decline of longleaf pine savannah habitat.

Yes. I've even caught a few, but I am currently researching spotted skunks.

In Louisiana, Eastern Spotted Skunks were historically located in the Florida Parishes and Cameron/Calcasieu Parishes (probably the Cajun Prairie Parishes as well). They were very rare in N. Louisiana. While not as common as in other states, trapper records indicate that several thousand per year were caught in the 1930's.

There was an American Society of Mammalogist meeting at LSU during the 30's or 40's (I forget which year). In preparation, members captured 2 spotted skunks on the LSU campus. They "de-scented the skunks" and the 2 became the mascots for that year's meeting.

Teague, researchers all across the SE are looking for verifiable records of spotted skunk sightings. The spotted skunk research crew in Alabama is starting a state wide project this fall to survey skunks throughout the state. They also have a project on iNaturalist.org to report spotted skunk sightings. If you are interested in helping out (it would entail taking a picture and waypoint of the roadkill and emailing it to the researchers or uploading it to iNaturalist), I can get you some information on how you can help. Let me know if you are interested.

that is a fascinating article...I have never seen or even heard of a spotted skunk.