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Polecat is a common name for several mustelid species in the order Carnivora and subfamilies Ictonychinae [1] and Mustelinae. Polecats do not form a single taxonomic rank (i.e. clade ). The name is applied to several species with broad similarities to European polecats , such as having a dark mask-like marking across the face.
In Southern United States dialect, the term polecat is sometimes used as a colloquial nickname for a skunk, [7] even though polecats are only distantly related to skunks. As a verb, skunk is used to describe the act of overwhelmingly defeating an opponent in a game or competition.
The striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus), also called the African polecat, zoril, zorille, zorilla, Cape polecat, and African skunk, is a member of the family Mustelidae that resembles a skunk (of the family Mephitidae). [3] The name "zorilla" comes from the Spanish word "zorillo", meaning "skunk", itself a diminutive form of the Spanish "zorro ...
Skunks were previously included as a subfamily of the mustelids, but DNA research placed them in their own separate family (Mephitidae). [13] Mongooses bear a striking resemblance to many mustelids, but belong to a distinctly different suborder —the Feliformia (all those carnivores sharing more recent origins with the cats ) and not the ...
Mephitidae, the skunks and stink badgers. Mustelidae , the weasel (mustelid) family, including new- and old-world badgers , ferrets and polecats , fishers , grisons and ratels , martens and sables , minks , river and sea otters , stoats and ermines , tayras and wolverines .
The European polecat (Mustela putorius), also known as the common polecat, black polecat and forest polecat, is a mustelid species native to Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. It is of a generally dark brown colour, with a pale underbelly and a dark mask across the face.
Striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus) References This page was last edited on 24 November 2024, at 09:23 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) Mephitidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which comprises the skunks and stink badgers. A member of this family is called a mephitid. The skunks of the family are widespread across the Americas, while the stink badgers are in the Greater Sunda Islands of southeast Asia. Species inhabit a ...