European Polecat Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene – Recent | |
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Welsh Polecat (M. p. anglia) at the British Wildlife Centre, Newchapel, Surrey | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Caniformia |
Superfamily: | Musteloidea |
Family: | Mustelidae |
Subfamily: | Mustelinae |
Genus: | Mustela |
Species: | M. putorius |
Binomial name | |
Mustela putorius Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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Range of M. putorius |
Contents
Other names
Otherwise known as the Black Polecat or Forest Polecat.
Description
Similar species
Behaviour
Diet
Calls
Reproduction
Distribution/habitat
References
- ^ Fernandes, M., Maran, T., Tikhonov, A., Conroy, J., Cavallini, P., Kranz, A., Herrero, J., Stubbe, M., Abramov, A. & Wozencraft, C. (2008). Mustela putorius. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
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