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European polecat A European polecat (Mustela putorius) stands on a large piece of wood, showing its dark fur with lighter brown markings and alert expression. A marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna) stands in short, dry grass, showing its darkened face with a broad white stripe arcing around the cheeks and eye orbits, its white-tipped ears, and its brown and tan mottled markings on its body. A steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii) stands alert in a grassy field, showing its slender body, dark legs, and pale face with a dark mask. A zorille (Ictonyx striatus) stands on hard-packed dirt, displaying its dark fur accented by long, white, longitudinal stripes.
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common name for several mammals
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European polecat
Two European polecats (Mustela putorius).
Malene Thyssen
European polecats (Mustela putorius) inhabit woodlands across much of Europe
The geographic range of the European polecat stretches from northern Morocco near...
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Marbled polecats (Vormela peregusna) can be found in foothill and steppe habitats from southern Europe eastward to Mongolia and China
The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources has classified...
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The steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii) is found across a wide swath of Eurasia from southeastern Europe to Manchuria
A steppe polecat standing in a field of grass.
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Zorilles are found in arid and semiarid habitats across a large portion of Africa south of the Sahara
Compared with other polecats, zorilles are relatively small, weighing only 1–1.4...
Sylvain Cordier—Hemis/Alamy
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