European polecat populations. Compared to other British carnivores, such as otters and badgers, the polecat has received little exposure in popular media. A study conducted on rural school children showed only 3.8% of the surveyed children could identify polecats in photographs, whereas 83.7% correctly identified otters. A caged polecat appears as a key character of Saki's short story "Sredni Vashtar". European polecat The European polecat ("Mustela putorius") – also known as the common ferret, black or forest polecat, or fitch (as well as some other names) – is a species of mustelid native to western Eurasia and north Morocco. It is of
Marbled polecat smell they emit when threatened. Side effects varied from fever to diarrhea. Other names for the marbled polecat include "aladzhauzen" (Turkmen), "berguznya" (Kuban), "chokha" (Kalmuck), "fessyah" (stinky in Arabic), "abulfiss" (Arabic), "hu-yio" (Chinese), "myshovka" (Terek Cossacks dialect), "pereguznya, pereguzka," or" perevishchik" (Ukrainian), "perevyazka" (Russian), "perewiaske" (Polish), "khaytakis" (Armenian), "alaca sansar, alaca kokarca, benekli kokarca" (Turkish), "suur-tyshkan" (Kyrgyz), "" "marbré" or "" "de Pologne" (French); "" (German), mottled polecat (English), "sarmatier"; Syrian marbled polecat, and tiger polecat. In some contexts it is called the tiger weasel. The subspecies of "V. peregusna" include: Marbled polecat The marbled polecat ("Vormela peregusna") is a