Marbled polecat of at least 30% in the previous 10 years. In 1996, it had been considered a species of least concern. The decline in marbled polecat populations thought to be due to habitat destruction (cultivation) and reduction in available prey by use of rodenticides. In Pakistan, it is listed as an endangered species. The marbled polecat was once sought for its fur, generally known as "fitch" or more specifically, "perwitsky" in the fur trade.<ref name="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perwitsky"></ref> In 1945, Kabul shopkeepers were reported to have kept marbled polecats to exterminate rodents. Their journals also show some developed an adverse reaction to the strong
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