European polecat

…pelt, especially that of the European polecat, is called fitch in the fur trade.

…a domesticated form of the European polecat, which it resembles in size and habits and with which it interbreeds, leading most taxonomists to classify the common ferret as a subspecies. The common ferret is found throughout the European polecat’s geographic range—from Morocco and Spain through continental Europe, Britain, and southern…