24 events with tag "skunk"
1535
ID: 5639
Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés mentions skunks in his 'Natural History of the West Indies'
ID: 5639
1570
ID: 5640
Francisco Hernández de Toledo begins natural history survey of New Spain, documenting skunks scientifically
ID: 5640
1609
ID: 5641
Captain John Smith encounters and writes about skunks in Virginia
ID: 5641
1634
ID: 5642
William Wood publishes 'New England's Prospect,' describing 'squunckes' and their 'ill savor'
ID: 5642
1635
ID: 5643
French Jesuit Paul Le Jeune describes skunks in detail in the Jesuit Relations from Quebec
ID: 5643
1643
ID: 5644
Dutch colonist Johannes Megapolensis Jr. writes about skunks in New Netherland
ID: 5644
1743
ID: 5645
Mark Catesby includes illustrated skunk entry in 'Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands'
ID: 5645
1758
ID: 5646
Carl Linnaeus formally names the striped skunk Viverra mephitis in Systema Naturae, 10th edition
ID: 5646
1795
ID: 5647
Georges Cuvier and Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire begin reclassifying skunks as distinct from civets
ID: 5647
1842
ID: 5648
John James Audubon publishes detailed skunk illustrations in 'The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America'
ID: 5648
1862
ID: 5649
First commercial skunk fur farm established in New York state
ID: 5649
1914
ID: 5650
First laboratory-confirmed case of rabies in a skunk in California
ID: 5650
1928
ID: 5651
Peak year for skunk fur harvest, with over 2 million pelts traded in North America
ID: 5651
1942
ID: 5652
Disney's 'Bambi' film released, featuring Flower the skunk as beloved character
ID: 5652
1945
ID: 5653
January 6, 1945
Warner Bros. introduces Pepé Le Pew in 'Odor-able Kitty' cartoon
ID: 5653
1949
ID: 5654
Michigan reports first major skunk rabies epizootic in the Midwest
ID: 5654
1953
ID: 5655
Texas begins systematic skunk rabies surveillance program
ID: 5655
1967
ID: 5656
B.J. Verts publishes 'The Biology of the Striped Skunk,' still a standard reference
ID: 5656
1973
ID: 5657
First successful use of oral rabies vaccine baits tested on skunks
ID: 5657
1981
ID: 5658
California bans keeping skunks as pets due to rabies concerns
ID: 5658
1997
ID: 5659
Dragoo and Honeycutt's DNA study strongly supports classifying skunks as family Mephitidae
ID: 5659
2003
ID: 5660
Complete classification revision officially separates skunks from Mustelidae family into Mephitidae
ID: 5660
2008
ID: 5661
Urban skunk populations in Toronto reach estimated 15,000, prompting new management policies
ID: 5661
2019
ID: 5662
CDC reports skunks as second-most common rabid wildlife in U.S. (after bats)
ID: 5662