European polecat In the former Soviet Union, polecats are hunted chiefly in late autumn and early winter with guns and hunting dogs, as well as foothold traps and wooden snares. However, even in season, hunters rarely catch more than 10-15 polecats. The species does not constitute an important element in former Soviet commercial hunting, and is usually only caught incidentally. The European polecat is a valuable fur bearer, whose pelt (fitch) is more valuable than the steppe polecat's. Its skin is used primarily in the production of jackets, capes and coats. It is particularly well suited for trimmings for women's clothing. The
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