polecat

1. American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled;
   In some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae (synset 102448346)
   is a type of: mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal - fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
   subtypes:

   • mephitis mephitis, striped skunk - most common and widespread North American skunk
   • hooded skunk, mephitis macroura - of Mexico and southernmost parts of southwestern United States
   • badger skunk, conepatus leuconotus, hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, rooter skunk - large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico
   • little spotted skunk, spilogale putorius, spotted skunk - small skunk with a marbled black and white coat; of United States and Mexico
   same as: skunk, wood pussy
2. Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened (synset 102445745)
   is a type of: mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal - fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
   subtypes: ferret - domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits
   belongs to: genus mustela, mustela - type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels
   same as: fitch, foulmart, foumart, mustela putorius

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