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Mustela putorius
Linnaeus, 1758
- European polecat
(mammal)
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Mustela (Genus) - weasels, ermines, stoats, minks, ferrets, and polecats
..Cabreragale (Subgenus)
..Cryptomustela (Subgenus)
..Gale (Subgenus)
..Grammogale (Subgenus)
..Kolonokus (Subgenus)
..Lutreola (Subgenus)
..Mustela (Subgenus)
..Mustela africana (Species) - Amazon weasel
..Mustela altaica (Species) - mountain weasel
..Mustela erminea (Species) - ermine
..Mustela eversmannii (Species) - steppe polecat
..Mustela felipei (Species) - Colombian weasel
..Mustela frenata (Species) - long-tailed weasel
..Mustela itatsi (Species) - Japanese weasel
..Mustela kathiah (Species) - yellow-bellied weasel
..Mustela lutreola (Species) - European mink
..Mustela lutreolina (Species) - Indonesian mountain weasel
..Mustela nigripes (Species) - black-footed ferret
..Mustela nivalis (Species) - least weasel
..Mustela nudipes (Species) - Malayan weasel
..†Mustela palerminea (Species)
..Mustela sibirica (Species) - Siberian weasel
..Mustela strigidorsa (Species) - back-striped weasel
..Mustela subpalmata (Species) - Egyptian weasel
..Pocockictis (Subgenus)
..Putorius (Subgenus)
..Mustela putorius (Species) - European polecat
....Mustela putorius anglia (Subspecies)
....Mustela putorius aureola (Subspecies)
....Mustela putorius caledoniae (Subspecies)
....Mustela putorius furo (Subspecies) - domestic ferret
....Mustela putorius mosquensis (Subspecies)
....Mustela putorius putorius (Subspecies)
....Mustela putorius rothschildi (Subspecies)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name, rank & spelling
:
Gesn. quadr.: 767. [Putorius].
Original name, rank, combination & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 46 ("Putorius").
Types
Type of
:
Putorius
(Subgenus)
Cuvier, 1817
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Mustela putorius putorius
Linnaeus, 1758
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
bunzing
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
European polecat
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 617.
:
polecat
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Last updated:
28 Aug 2026