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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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    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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    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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    sweet marten. The European pine marten is also the national animal of Croatia and appears on the 1 Euro coin. Previously, the European Pine Marten appeared...
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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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    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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    Weasel (category Mammals 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Otter (category Carnivorans of Europe)
    oter. This and cognate words in other Indo-European languages ultimately stem from the Proto-Indo-European root *wódr̥, which also gave rise to the English...
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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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    less hardy European mink through competition (though not through hybridization—native European mink are in fact more closely related to polecats than to...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    different habitats. The golden jackal, red fox, european badger, eurasian otter, beech marten, european polecat are the primary predatory mammals. A high number...
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    people entered cougar habitat and built farms. Intensive hunting following European colonization of the Americas and ongoing human development into cougar...
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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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    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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    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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