polecat
Noun
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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 -
subtypes: ferret - domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbitsbelongs to: genus mustela, mustela - type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels
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