Kalmar "skunk mai kaho" tana nufin wani nau'in skunk wanda ya fito daga sassan Arewacin Amirka, ciki har da Mexico da kudu maso yammacin Amurka. Wannan skunk ana kiransa da haka ne saboda alama ta musamman mai kama da kaho a kansa, wanda yake fari ko launin kirim kuma mai siffa kamar kaho. Sauran gashin sa baki ne, kodayake wasu mutane na iya samun launin ruwan kasa ko launin toka suma. An san skunk mai kaho don iya fesa ƙaƙƙarfan wari mara daɗi lokacin da aka yi masa barazana, kama da sauran nau'in skunk.