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Typical life spans for domesticated skunks are considerably longer than for wild skunks, often reaching 10 years, though it is not unusual for a well cared skunk to live well past 20 years - this would lead me to believe that skunks in the wild live for 3-7 years, but that's certainly not their life span potential.
A skunk is pregnant for 31 days, a mouse/rat is pregnant for 21 days, a hamster is pregnant for 16 days, and an opossum is pregnant for 12 days. Larger animals are pregnant for many years and smaller animals are pregnant for a few months or days.