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    The European polecat (Mustela putorius), also known as the common polecat, black polecat and forest polecat, is a mustelid species native to western Eurasia...
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    European polecat, M. putorius (Western Eurasia and North Africa) Striped polecat Steppe polecat Black-footed ferret, the “American polecatEuropean polecat...
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    the European mink is not closely related to the American mink, being much closer to the European polecat and Siberian weasel (kolonok). The European mink...
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    steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii), also known as the white or masked polecat, is a species of mustelid native to Central and Eastern Europe and Central...
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    which is Ukrainian for "polecat".[1] Marbled polecats are generally found in the drier areas and grasslands of southeastern Europe to western China. Like...
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    size of a mink and is similar in appearance to the European polecat and the Asian steppe polecat. It is largely nocturnal and solitary, except when breeding...
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    A polecat–ferret hybrid is a hybrid between a wild European polecat (Mustela putorius) and a domesticated ferret (Mustela furo). Offspring of such a cross...
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    A polecat–mink hybrid, also known as khor'-tumak by furriers and khonorik by fanciers, is a hybrid between a European polecat (Mustela putorius) and a...
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    domesticated form of the wild European polecat (Mustela putorius), as evidenced by the ferret's ability to interbreed with European polecats and produce hybrid offspring...
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    From time to time, it also preys on small carnivores like martens, European polecat, stoat, and least weasel (Mustela nivalis), as well as fawns of red...
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    The striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus), also called the African polecat, zoril, zorille, zorilla, Cape polecat, and African skunk, is a member of the family...
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    The European pine marten (Martes martes), also known as the pine marten, is a mustelid native to and widespread in most of Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus...
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    persecution. The rare European mink (Mustela lutreola) is one of the most endangered mustelid species. The ferret, a domesticated European polecat, is a fairly...
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    nipples but these are more developed in females. European badgers cannot flex their backs as martens, polecats and wolverines can, nor can they stand fully...
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    Weasel (category Carnivorans of Europe)
    Mustelidae. The genus Mustela includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets, and European mink. Members of this genus are small, active predators...
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    Wolverine (redirect from European wolverine)
    of Wolverines (Gulo gulo) in Europe" (PDF). Nature and environment, No. 115. Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats...
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    eat fish. The name is instead related to the word "fitch", meaning a European polecat (Mustela putorius) or pelt thereof, due to the resemblance to that...
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    badger can be regarded as another, analogous, form of outsized weasel or polecat. The species first appeared during the middle Pliocene in Asia. A number...
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    weasel (mustelid) family, including new- and old-world badgers, ferrets and polecats, fishers, grisons and ratels, martens and sables, minks, river and sea...
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    cream or ginger colored, but all have warning coloration. While related to polecats and other members of the weasel family, skunks have as their closest relatives...
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    The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, European river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a...
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    Syriac, and Arabic. The word may be derived from Germanic and Northern European languages, and ultimately be borrowed from Uralic, cf. Northern Sámi gáđfi...
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    come from this subfamily: ermine, weasel, mink and polecat. COVID-19 can infect both the European mink (Mustela lutreola) and the American mink (Neogale...
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    infections. In fact, all weasels, e.g., the least weasel, the European polecat, the steppe polecat, the black-footed ferret, etc., dance when they've caught...
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  • Fitch-Margoliash method, weighted least squares method for clustering Fitch, the European polecat (Mustela putorius), a ferret-like predatory mammal Fitch, a name for...
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    Steppe polecat (M. eversmannii) Ferret (M. furo) Haida ermine (M. haidarum) Japanese weasel (M. itatsi) Yellow-bellied weasel (M. kathiah) European mink...
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    Eurasian lynx (redirect from European Lynx)
    throughout most of continental Europe. By the early 19th century, it was persecuted to local extinction in western and southern European lowlands, but survived...
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    Wolf (category Mammals of Europe)
    populations in Europe 2012–2016". European Commission. Archived from the original on September 2, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2019. European Commission:...
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  • List of mammals of Denmark (category Lists of mammals of Europe)
    meles LC Stoat, Mustela erminea NT Least weasel, Mustela nivalis NT European polecat, Mustela putorius NT American mink, Neogale vison NA introduced Walrus...
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    indigenous peoples of North and Central America, and in the folklore of European-descended inhabitants of the Americas. Felis rufa was the scientific name...
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