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Card 75/142

Name

Mustela putorius

European polecat

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Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Suborder: Caniformia

Family: Mustelidae

Genus: Mustela

Species: putorius

Habitat

Terrestrial, in a wide variety of habitats, from forests to open areas

Feeding

Carnivore

Distribution

European, although there is a population of doubtful origin in Morocco. Widely distributed on the Iberian Peninsula

Conservation status

Least Concern (LC) globally (IUCN, 2016). Similar situation in Spain, although there is a lack of information and a generalised decline in its populations is suspected.

Additional information

Overall dark coloured coat, with a light coloured mask and a dark patch in the form of a mask. Ear pinnae bordered with white

Additional information

Bibliography

- Arija, C. M. (2012). El Turón. Monografías Zoológicas, Serie Ibérica, Vol. 1. Tundra Ediciones. Disponible en biblioteca UGR.

- Barrientos, R. (2016). El turón. En El libro de los Carnívoros (pp. 131-137). Lozano, J., & Lacasa, M. (Eds). Editorial Photodigiscoping.

- Virgós, E., Cabezas-Díaz, S., & Lozano, J. (2007). Mustela putorius Linnaeus, 1758. En Atlas y Libro Rojo de los Mamíferos terrestres de España (pp. 294-298). Palomo, L. J., Gisbert, J., & Blanco, J. C. (eds). Dirección General de Biodiversidad – SECEM-SECEMU. Accesible en: https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/biodiversidad/temas/inventarios-nacionales/ieet_mami_mustela_putorius_tcm30-99837.pdf