European Polecat

European Polecat; Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene – Recent
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	Welsh Polecat (M. p. anglia) at the British Wildlife Centre, Newchapel, Surrey
Conservation status
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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

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

External links

Projects

This article is part of Project Mammalia, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each mammal, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Carnivora, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each carnivoran, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Mustelidae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Mustelid, including made-up species.

[iucn-0] 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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European Polecat Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene – Recent

Welsh Polecat (M. p. anglia) at the British Wildlife Centre, Newchapel, Surrey
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
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

Range of M. putorius

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