# @theoregonian on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DBXUxYpu9W4
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/24193196-theoregonian-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-10-21T00:00:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Oregonian (@theoregonian) — https://gondola.cc/theoregonian

## Caption

What’s black and white and runs all over? The tiny western spotted skunk, Oregon State University researchers found.

The skunk, which resembles a black and white tube sock, weighs just one or two pounds and covers a home range of up to 12-square miles while looking for food, according to research by Oregon State postdoctoral student Marie Tosa. That’s far more ground than the black-tailed deer, which roams a home range of only a square mile, the university said in a promotional video.

Scientists don’t know much about the spotted skunk, which lives in western mountain ranges from Mexico to Canada and is smaller than the striped-skunk that frequents urban areas.

Read more at the link in our bio.

#westernskunk #skunk #osu #oregonstate #oregonstateuniversity #oregon #theoregonian

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